🦉Elf Owl
Kaktuspöllö (Micrathene whitneyi) on pöllöihin kuuluva lintu, joka pesii Yhdysvaltojen lounaisosissa ja Meksikossa. Se on maailman pienin pöllö, toiseksi pienin on varpuspöllö. Sen pituus on 12–30 cm, ja siipienväli on noin 40 cm, pyrstö on lyhyt. Sen jalat ovat melko pitkät, ja usein se näyttää länkisääriseltä. Linnun paino on 30–40 g. Niiden ääntelyä kuuluu hämärissä tai auringonlaskun aikaa, kun ne huutelevat toisilleen. Ääni on korkea yninää tai hykerrystä. Uros ja naaras syöksähtelevät puiden seassa ja huutelevat toisilleen.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.
- Body mass
- 0.04 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 14 years
Everything we know about the Elf Owl
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.04 kgAVONETOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 0.04 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length0.05 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Wing length0.11 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Beak length0.01 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tarsus length0.02 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan14 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation24 daysAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 2AnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelCarnivoreAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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HabitatShrublandAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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LifestyleInsessorialAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Elf Owl yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderStrigiformes
- ›familyStrigidae
- ›genusMicrathene
- ›speciesMicrathene whitneyi
- classBirds · Aves
- orderOwls · Strigiformes
- familyStrigidae
- genusMicrathene
All 12 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- orderOwls · Strigiformes
- familyStrigidae
- genusMicrathene
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