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Elf Owl

species of bird
Taxon Taxon Q926291

Facts

10 properties
Instance of
taxon
Short name
M. whitneyi[8]
CITES Appendix
Appendix II of CITES[23]
IUCN conservation status
least concern[4]
Named after
elf[3]
Original combination
Athene whitneyi[7]
Parent taxon
Micrathene[5]
Taxon common name
ellylldylluan, Elf Owl, Elfenkauz, Mochuelo de los saguaros, mussolet dels saguaros, kulíšek trpasličí, kaktusekakk, Alveugle, Сыч-эльф, サボテンフクロウ, Alfeugle, kaktuspöllö, tündérbaglyocska, kaktusówka, sovička kaktusová, kaktusuggla, Cactusuil, Chevêchette des saguaros, Civetta elfo, mocho-duende, kaktusinė pelėda, elfu apogs, сичик-ельф мексиканський, patuljasti ćuk, corujinha-dos-saguaros[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22]
Taxon name
Micrathene whitneyi[6]
Taxon rank
species[2]
🏷️ Also known as
en Micrathene whitneyi en Elf Owl ar بومة قزمة cs kulíšek trpasličí cs Micrathene whitneyi da Micrathene whitneyi da alfeugle de Elfenkauz de Micrathene whitneyi es buho enano es búho enano es mochuelo de los saguaros es mochuelo duende es tecolote enano es tecolotito enano fa جغد جنی fi kaktuspöllö fi Micrathene whitneyi fr Micrathene whitneyi fr chevêchette des saguaros
🔖 Identifiers · 37
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Micrathene whitneyi 29APR12 Madera Canyon AZ.jpg ↗
ABA bird ID
elfowl
ADW taxon ID
Micrathene_whitneyi
All About Birds ID
Elf_Owl
Avibase taxon ID
D74BA9655224E5AE
BOLD Systems taxon ID
16823
BirdLife taxon ID
22689325
CITES Species+ ID
6572
CONABIO ID
190081AVESB501112
CalPhotos taxon ID
Micrathene+whitneyi
Catalogue of Life ID
42R43
EBird taxon ID
elfowl
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EURING number
7550
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
animal/elf-owl
Freebase ID
/m/05ty0s
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update)
2497430
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
alveugle
Guide to North American Birds ID
elf-owl
IBP 4-letter bird species alpha code
ELOW
IBP 6-letter bird species alpha code
MICWHI
INaturalist taxon ID
20379
IRMNG ID
10197143
ITIS TSN
177912
IUCN taxon ID
22689325
J9U entity ID
987007540847805171
MyBIS species ID
63060
NBIC scientific name ID
176758
NCBI taxonomy ID
57441
NatureServe Explorer ID
2.106556
Neotropical Birds ID
elfowl
Observation.org taxon ID
72238
Oiseaux.net ID
chevechette.des.saguaros
Open Tree of Life ID
254541
UMLS CUI
C0326081
Vikidia article ID
fr:Chevêchette_des_saguaros
Xeno-canto species ID
Micrathene-whitneyi
Yale LUX ID
concept/5125e25d-b222-4fee-90e4-453caef2a90d

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🔗 Connections
IUCN conservation status 1
least concern
Instance of 1
taxon
Named after 1
elf
Parent taxon 1
Micrathene
Taxon rank 1
species
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Summary

Elf Owl is a taxon[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . Species+. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon → Micrathene
    IUCN conservation status → least concern
    Original combination → Athene whitneyi
    Named after → elf
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: J9U entity ID: 987007540847805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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