Taxonomic classification <> Photos
The boreal owl (Aegolius funereus) belongs to the family Strigidae under the order Strigiformes.
Boreal owl taxonomy
The family Strigidae comprises nearly 220 extant species in 25 genera. 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 a guide to the contents of the British Museum published in 1820.The genus Aegolius was first introduced by Johann Jakob von Kaup (10 April 1803 – 4 July 1873), a German naturalist, in the year 1829. The genus Aegolius comprises six species, viz., Aegolius funereus, Aegolius acadicus, Aegolius ridgwayi, Aegolius harrisii, Aegolius gradyi (extinct) and Aegolius martae (extinct).
The species Aegolius funereus (as Strix funerea) was first described by Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist, in the year 1758. The species Aegolius funereus is polytypic and comprises six subspecies.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Aegolius funereus |
| Species: | A. funereus |
| Genus: | Aegolius |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Boreal owl - Aegolius funereus 250 Photo by C. Robiller / www.naturlichter.de |
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| 2.Boreal owl - Aegolius funereus Photo by Steven Katovich |
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| 3.Boreal owl - Aegolius funereus Photo by Mdf |
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| 4.Boreal owl - Aegolius funereus Photo by Steven Katovich |
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| 5.Boreal owl - Aegolius funereus Photo by Greg Schechter |
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| 6.Boreal owl - Aegolius funereus Photo by Denali National Park and Preserve |
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| 7.Boreal owl - Aegolius funereus Photo by Denali National Park and Preserve |
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| 8.Boreal owl - Aegolius funereus chicks Photo by Anne Jakalaniemi |
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| 9.Boreal owl - Aegolius funereus egg Photo by Klaus Rassinger und Gerhard Cammerer |
1.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Raufu%C3%9Fkauz_im_Flug.jpg (cropped)
Author: C. Robiller / www.naturlichter.de | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 DE as on 2/10/18
2.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aegolius_funereus_1388020.jpg (cropped)
Author: Steven Katovich | License: CC BY 3.0 US as on 2/10/18
3.Photo source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aegolius-funereus-001.jpg (cropped)
Author: Mdf | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 2/10/18
4.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aegolius_funereus_1398181.jpg (cropped)
Author: Steven Katovich | License: CC BY 3.0 US as on 2/10/18
5.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/gregthebusker/8608384964/ (cropped)
Author: Greg Schechter | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 2/10/18
6.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/denalinps/8614178747/ (cropped)
Author: Denali National Park and Preserve | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 2/10/18
7.Source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/denalinps/7137001023/ (cropped)
Author: Denali National Park and Preserve | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 2/10/18
8.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boreal_owl.jpg (cropped)
Author: Anne Jakalaniemi | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 2/10/18
9.Photo source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aegolius_funereus_MWNH_0657.JPG (cropped)
Author: Klaus Rassinger und Gerhard Cammerer | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 2/10/18
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