Surniinae | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Strigiformes |
Family: | Strigidae |
Subfamily: |
Surniinae Bonaparte, 1838 |
Type genus | |
Surnia |
Surniinae is a subfamily of the typical owls (Strigidae). First described by French ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1838. [1] The type genus is Surnia. Includes ten genera.
Surniinae includes ten genera (one extinct), [2] from which five (Xenoglaux, Micrathene, Surnia, Uroglaux, Sceloglaux) are monotypic.
Salter, J.F.; Oliveros, C.H.; Hosner, P.A.; Manthey, J.D.; Robbins, M.B.; Moyle, R.G.; Brumfield, R.T.; Faircloth, B.C. (2019). "Extensive paraphyly in the typical owl family (Strigidae)". The Auk.
Surniinae | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Strigiformes |
Family: | Strigidae |
Subfamily: |
Surniinae Bonaparte, 1838 |
Type genus | |
Surnia |
Surniinae is a subfamily of the typical owls (Strigidae). First described by French ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1838. [1] The type genus is Surnia. Includes ten genera.
Surniinae includes ten genera (one extinct), [2] from which five (Xenoglaux, Micrathene, Surnia, Uroglaux, Sceloglaux) are monotypic.
Salter, J.F.; Oliveros, C.H.; Hosner, P.A.; Manthey, J.D.; Robbins, M.B.; Moyle, R.G.; Brumfield, R.T.; Faircloth, B.C. (2019). "Extensive paraphyly in the typical owl family (Strigidae)". The Auk.