Micrathene

genus of owls

Taxon Monotypic Taxon Q10793378

Facts

5 properties

Instance of: monotypic taxon
Parent taxon: true owls^[2]
Taxon common name: Elfenkauz, Elf Owl, Elfûle, サボテンフクロウ, Kabouteruil, Cin baykuşu^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]
Taxon name: Micrathene^[3]
Taxon rank: genus^[1]

🏷️ Also known as

en Micrathene de Elfenkauz he ינשוף שדוני

🔖 Identifiers · 14

Image (Wikimedia Commons): Elf Owl.jpg ↗
Avibase taxon ID: 7C30AA0CE9CF3BEE
BOLD Systems taxon ID: 4870
Catalogue of Life ID: 63B9W
Fossilworks taxon ID: 161742
GBIF-species-ID (before 2026 update): 2497429
INaturalist taxon ID: 20378
IRMNG ID: 1040413
ITIS TSN: 177911
NBIC scientific name ID: 176757
NCBI taxonomy ID: 57440
Open Tree of Life ID: 42604

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Paleobiology Database taxon ID: 161742
Yale LUX ID: concept/90d7d821-6d9a-4456-bf35-a3e47dfec6dd

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🔗 Connections

Instance of 1

monotypic taxon

Parent taxon 1

true owls

Taxon rank 1

genus

← Parent taxon 1

Elf Owl

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Direct Wikidata claims

[1] ↑ Micrathene — taxon rank (P105): genus. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-10-22. wikidata.org.
[2] ↑ Micrathene — parent taxon (P171): true owls. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Micrathene — taxon name (P225): Micrathene. Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2013-10-22. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Micrathene — taxon common name (P1843): Elfenkauz. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Micrathene — taxon common name (P1843): Elf Owl. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Micrathene — taxon common name (P1843): Elfûle. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Micrathene — taxon common name (P1843): サボテンフクロウ. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Micrathene — taxon common name (P1843): Kabouteruil. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Micrathene — taxon common name (P1843): Cin baykuşu. wikidata.org.

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17w ago · Hector Bottai · 2026-07-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗

Parent taxon → true owls

Taxon rank → genus

Avibase taxon ID → 7C30AA0CE9CF3BEE

Instance of → monotypic taxon

"Created claim: Avibase taxon ID: 7C30AA0CE9CF3BEE"

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