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The Asian barred owlet (Glaucidium cuculoides) belongs to the family Strigidae under the order Strigiformes.
Asian barred owlet taxonomy
The family Strigidae was first described by William Elford Leach, MD, FRS (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836), an English zoologist and marine biologist, in the year 1820.The Strigidae is a large family comprises around 189 living species in 25 genera. The genus Glaucidium comprises 31 species of owls which are mostly small.
The genus Glaucidium was first described by Friedrich Boie (4 June 1789 – 3 March 1870), a German entomologist, herpetologist, ornithologist, and lawyer, in the year 1826.
The species Glaucidium cuculoides was first described by Nicholas Aylward Vigors (1785 – 26 October 1840), an Irish zoologist and politician, in the year 1831.
The eight recognized subspecies are: G. c. cuculoides (Vigors, 1831), G. c. deignani Ripley, 1948, G. c. austerum Ripley, 1948, G. c. delacouri Ripley, 1948, G. c. rufescens E. C. S. Baker, 1926, G. c. bruegeli (Parrot, 1908), G. c. whiteleyi (Blyth, 1867) and G. c. persimile E. J. O. Hartert, 1910.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Glaucidium cuculoides |
| Species: | G. cuculoides |
| Genus: | Glaucidium |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Asian barred owlet - Glaucidium cuculoides Photo by Mprasannak |
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| 2.Asian barred owlet - Glaucidium cuculoides Photo by Francesco Veronesi |
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| 3.Asian barred owlet - Glaucidium cuculoides Photo by Davis Kwan |
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| 4.Asian barred owlet - Glaucidium cuculoides Photo by JJ Harrison |
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| 5.Asian barred owlet - Glaucidium cuculoides Photo by PJeganathan |
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| 6.Asian barred owlet - Glaucidium cuculoides Photo by Lip Kee |
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| 7.Asian barred owlet - Glaucidium cuculoides Photo by Lip Kee |
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| 8.Asian barred owlet - Glaucidium cuculoides Photo by PJeganathan |
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| 9.Asian barred owlet - Glaucidium cuculoides by Himadrimondal |
1.Photo source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Asian_barred_owlet_-_Prasanna_Mamidala.jpg (cropped)
Author: Mprasannak | License: CC BY-SA 4.0
2.Photo source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/francesco_veronesi/34363337445/ (cropped)
Author: Francesco Veronesi | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 10/2/17
3.Photo source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/kwingkai/4612087042/ (cropped)
Author: Davis Kwan | License: CC BY-NC 2.0 as on 10/2/17
4.Photo source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Glaucidium_cuculoides_-_Mae_Wong.jpg (cropped)
Author: JJ Harrison | License: CC BY-SA 3.0
5.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: PJeganathan | License: CC BY-SA 4.0
6.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lipkee/3213048254/ (cropped)
Author: Lip Kee | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 10/2/17
7.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lipkee/3213048326/ (cropped)
Author: Lip Kee | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 10/2/17
8.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org (cropped)
Author: PJeganathan | License: CC BY-SA 4.0
9.Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raw25-Dooars_DSC0013_Jungle_owlet.jpg (cropped)
Author: Himadrimondal | License: CC BY-SA 4.0
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