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Surniinae 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 686634

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Subfamily  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2025   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassAves  – Birds, oiseaux  
                         OrderStrigiformes  – Owls, chouettes, engoulevents, hiboux, Goatsuckers  
                            FamilyStrigidae  – Typical Owls, strigidés, Owls  
                               SubfamilySurniinae   
    Direct Children:  
                                  GenusAegolius Kaup, 1829 – Saw-whet Owls 
                                  GenusAthene F. Boie, 1822 – Burrowing Owls 
                                  GenusGlaucidium F. Boie, 1826 – Pygmy-Owls 
                                  GenusSurnia Duméril, 1805 – Hawk-Owls 
                                  GenusTaenioptynx Kaup, 1848  
                                  GenusXenoglaux O'Neill & G. R. Graves, 1977  
       

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  Source: Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource, 2017.06.15, website (version 15-Jun-17)  
  Acquired: 2017   
  Notes: "Zoonomen Nomenclatural data" maintained by Alan P. Peterson at http://www.zoonomen.net   
  Reference for: Surniinae   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wink, Michael, and Hedi Sauer-Gürth   
  Publication Date: 2021   
  Article/Chapter Title: Molecular taxonomy and systematics of owls (Strigiformes) - An update   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: AIRO, vol. 29   
  Page(s): 487-500   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 0871-6595   
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  Reference for: Surniinae   
       

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