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The short-eared owl (Asio flammeus) belongs to the family Strigidae under the order Strigiformes.
Short-eared owl taxonomy
The Strigidae are the family of typical owls having a cosmopolitan distribution and being distributed on every continent except Antarctica.The family Strigidae was first introduced 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 family Strigidae comprises nearly 220 living species in 25 genera, includings Asio. The genus Asio was first described by Mathurin Jacques Brisson (30 April 1723 – 23 June 1806), a French zoologist and natural philosopher, in the year 1760.
The genus Asio comprises seven living species, viz., Asio stygius, Asio otus, Asio abyssinicus, Asio madagascariensis, Asio flammeus, Asio capensis and Asio clamator.
The species Asio flammeus was first described by Erik Pontoppidan (August 24, 1698 – December 20, 1764), a Danish author, bishop, historian and antiquary, in the year 1763. The species Asio flammeus is polytypic and comprises eleven subspecies.
| Taxonomic classification | |
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| Binomial name: | Asio flammeus |
| Species: | A. flammeus |
| Genus: | Asio |
| Subfamily: | - |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Class: | Aves |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
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| 1.Short-eared owl - Asio flammeus 348 Image by USFWS Mountain-Prairie |
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| 2.Short-eared owl - Asio flammeus Image by Sumeet Moghe |
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| 3.Short-eared owl - Asio flammeus Image by Johnsonwang6688 |
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| 4.Short-eared owl - Asio flammeus Image by USFWS Mountain-Prairie |
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| 5.Short-eared owl - Asio flammeus Image by Shantanu Kuveskar |
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| 6.Short-eared owl - Asio flammeus Image by Sumeet Moghe |
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| 7.Asio flammeus Image by Nigel |
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| 8.Short-eared owl in flight - Asio flammeus Image by Steve Garvie |
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| 9.Short-eared owl egg - Asio flammeus Image by Klaus Rassinger und Gerhard Cammerer |
1.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwsmtnprairie/13695320485/ (cropped)
Image author: USFWS Mountain-Prairie | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 5/3/18
2.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Short_Eared_Owl_on_the_Ground.jpg (cropped)
Author: Sumeet Moghe | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 5/3/18
3.Image source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Asio_flammeus.jpg (cropped)
Author: Johnsonwang6688 | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 5/3/18
4.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwsmtnprairie/23476629646/ (cropped)
Author: USFWS Mountain-Prairie | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 5/3/18
5.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Short-eared_owl_(Asio_flammeus)_Photograph_By_Shantanu_Kuveskar.jpg (cropped)
Author: Shantanu Kuveskar | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 5/3/18
6.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/ (cropped)
Author: Sumeet Moghe | License: CC BY-SA 4.0 as on 5/3/18
7.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/winnu/5469953419/ (cropped)
Author: Nigel | License: CC BY 2.0 as on 5/3/18
8.Image source: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rainbirder/4713322691/in/photostream/ (cropped)
Author: Steve Garvie | License: CC BY-SA 2.0 as on 5/3/18
9.Image source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Asio_flammeus_MWNH_0620.JPG (cropped)
Author: Klaus Rassinger und Gerhard Cammerer | License: CC BY-SA 3.0 as on 5/3/18
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