Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Elf Owl (Micrathene whitneyi) - HBW 5, p. 225
French: Chevêchette des saguaros
German: Elfenkauz
Spanish: Mochuelo de los Saguaros
Taxonomy: Athene whitneyi Cooper, 1861, Fort Mojave, Arizona.
Relationships unclear. Races whitneyi and sanfordi appear to intergrade in NW Mexico and S Arizona. Four subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- whitneyi (Cooper, 1861) - breeds SW USA (extreme S Nevada, SE California, C Arizona, SW New Mexico and SW Texas) S to NW Mexico (Sonora).
- idonea (Ridgway, 1914) - S Texas S to C Mexico (S to Puebla, W to Guanajuato).
- sanfordi (Ridgway, 1914) - S Baja California and parts of Mexican mainland.
- graysoni Ridgway, 1886 - Revillagigedo Is (Socorro I).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A mist-netted bird released in a flight cage
Locality Puebla State, Mexico (Northern) (ssp idonea)
monicayhector 13 July 1999 3 years ago 4.3
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