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ElfOwl (2) (50614313118)🦉

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SpeciesStrigiformesStrigidae
Birds

🦉Elf Owl

Micrathene whitneyi (J.G.Cooper, 1861)

ינשוף שדוני (שם מדעי: Micrathene whitneyi) הוא סוג ומין יחיד של עוף לילה דורס ממשפחת הינשופיים. זהו הינשוף הקטן בעולם (גודלו כגודל אגרוף אנושי, ראו תמונות בקישורים החיצוניים): אורכו לא עולה על 15 ס"מ, ומשקלו המרבי הוא כ-42 גרמים (הנקבות גדולות במעט מהזכרים). מופע נוצותיו חום-אפרפר, אשר אלו מנוקדות בלבן בצמחו ובכנפיו. זנבו קצר מאוד, ראשו רחב וחסר ציצות אוזניים (כמו הלילית), וצבעו חום-כתמתם. בטנו וחלקיו התחתונים לבנים, וכן גם גבותיו המתקשתות מעל עיניו הצהובות.

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≈ 1/1,510th of your weight
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
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
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Elf Owl

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
0.04 kg
AVONET
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

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  • 0.04 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length
0.05 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Wing length
0.11 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Beak length
0.01 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Tarsus length
0.02 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Maximum lifespan
14 years
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Gestation
24 days
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Litter size
about 2
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data quality: acceptable

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
Carnivore
AVONET
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Habitat
Shrubland
AVONET
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Lifestyle
Insessorial
AVONET
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
0 Laverage
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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.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAves
  4. ›orderStrigiformes
  5. ›familyStrigidae
  6. ›genusMicrathene
  7. ›speciesMicrathene whitneyi
Full lineage
  1. classBirds · Aves
  2. orderOwls · Strigiformes
  3. familyStrigidae
  4. genusMicrathene
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. classBirds · Aves
  10. orderOwls · Strigiformes
  11. familyStrigidae
  12. genusMicrathene
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Elfenkauz (de), サボテンフクロウ (ja), mussolet dels saguaros (ca), kulíšek trpasličí (cs), alfeugle (da), Micrathene whitneyi (es) … and 23 more languages
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