ADW: Glaucidium: CLASSIFICATION

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Kingdom Animalia (animals)
- Eumetazoa (metazoans)
  - Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
    - Deuterostomia (deuterostomes)
      - Phylum Chordata (chordates)
        
        Craniata (craniates)
        
        Subphylum Vertebrata (vertebrates)
        
        Superclass Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates)
        
        Euteleostomi (bony vertebrates)
        
        Class Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned fishes and terrestrial vertebrates)
        
        Tetrapoda (tetrapods)
        
        Amniota (amniotes)
        
        Class Reptilia
        
        Class Aves (birds)
        
        Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
        
        Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
        
        Order Strigiformes (owls)
        
        Family Strigidae (typical owls)
        
        Genus Glaucidium (owlets and pygmy-owls)
        
        Species Glaucidium bolivianum (Yungas pygmy owl)
        
        Species Glaucidium brasilianum (ferruginous pygmy owl)
        
        Species Glaucidium brodiei (collared owlet)
        
        Species Glaucidium capense (African barred owlet)
        
        Species Glaucidium castanonotum (chestnut-backed owlet)
        
        Species Glaucidium castanopterum (Javan owlet)
        
        Species Glaucidium costaricanum (Costa Rican pygmy owl)
        
        Species Glaucidium cuculoides (Asian barred owlet)
        
        Species Glaucidium gnoma (mountain pygmy-owl)
        
        Species Glaucidium griseiceps (Central American pygmy owl)
        
        Species Glaucidium hardyi (Amazonian pygmy owl)
        
        Species Glaucidium jardinii (Andean pygmy owl)
        
        Species Glaucidium minutissimum (Brazilian pygmy-owl)
        
        Species Glaucidium nanum (austral pygmy owl)
        
        Species Glaucidium nubicola (cloud-forest pygmy owl)
        
        Species Glaucidium palmarum (Colima pygmy owl)
        
        Species Glaucidium parkeri (subtropical pygmy owl)
        
        Species Glaucidium passerinum (Eurasian pygmy owl)
        
        Species Glaucidium perlatum (pearl-spotted owlet)
        
        Species Glaucidium peruanum (Pacific pygmy-owl)
        
        Species Glaucidium radiatum (jungle owlet)
        
        Species Glaucidium sanchezi (Tamaulipas pygmy owl)
        
        Species Glaucidium siju (Cuban pygmy owl)
        
        Species Glaucidium sjostedti (Sjostedt's owlet)
        
        Species Glaucidium tephronotum (red-chested owlet)

Confused by a class within a class or an order within an order? Please see our brief essay.

To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2012. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at http://animaldiversity.org.

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Glaucidiumowlets and pygmy-owls

Glaucidium
owlets and pygmy-owls