Surnia

Genus of owl

Surnia

Temporal range: Pliocene \- Recent

Northern hawk-owl (Surnia ulula)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Strigiformes
Family:  | Strigidae
Genus:  | Surnia
Duméril, 1805
Species

* Surnia ulula
* †Surnia capeki
* †Surnia robusta

Surnia is a genus of owl that contains a single living species, the northern hawk-owl (Surnia ulula).

Two fossil species are known as well; Surnia capeki[1] and Surnia robusta,[2] both from the Plio-Pleistocene of Europe.

## References

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1. ^ Dénes Jánossy (1972). "Die Mittelpleistozäne Vogelfauna der Stránská Skála" (PDF). Anthropos, Studia Musei Moraviae, Brno. New Series. 20: 35–64.
2. ^ Dénes Jánossy (1978). "Plio-Pleistocene Bird Remains from the Carpathian Basin. III. Strigiformes, Falconiformes, Caprimulgiformes, Apodiformes". Aquila. 84: 9–36.

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Genera of owls and their extinct allies

* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Chordata
* Class: Aves
* Clade: Neoaves
* Clade: Passerea
* Clade: Telluraves

Basal Telluraves

Telluraves

* †Lamillavis?

†Zealandornithidae|

* Zealandornis

Australaves|

*     * See Australaves

Afroaves|

* †Lutavis?

Accipitrimorphae|

*     * See Accipitrimorphae

Coliiformes|

*     * See Coliiformes

Strigiformes|

*     * See below ↓

Strigiformes

| incertae sedis|

* †Ypresiglaux

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†Heterostrigidae|

* Heterostrix

†Ogygoptyngidae|

* Ogygoptynx

†Palaeoglaucidae|

* Palaeoglaux

†Protostrigidae|

* "Aurorornis"
* Eostrix
* Minerva
* Oligostrix
* Primoptynx?

†Sophiornitidae|

* Berruornis?
* Enskenia
* Palaeobyas?
* Palaeotyto?
* Sophiornis

Strigidae|

* Aegolius
* †Alasio
* Asio
* †Asphaltoglaux
* Athene
* Bubo
* Glaucidium
* †Grallistrix
* Gymnasio
* Gymnoglaux
* †Intulula
* Jubula
* Ketupa
* Lophostrix
* Margarobyas
* Megascops
* Micrathene
* †Mioglaux
* †Miosurnia
* Ninox
* †Oraristrix
* †Ornimegalonyx
* Otus
* Pseudoscops
* Psiloscops
* Ptilopsis
* Pulsatrix
* Scotopelia
* Strix
* Surnia
* Taenioptynx
* Uroglaux
* Xenoglaux
* †Yarquen

Tytonidae|

* †Miotyto
* †Necrobyas
* †Nocturnavis
* Phodilus
* †Prosybris
* †Selenornis
* Tyto

Taxon identifiers

Surnia|

* Wikidata: Q10822188
* Wikispecies: Surnia
* BOLD: 4862
* CoL: 7QFY
* Fauna Europaea: 97041
* Fauna Europaea (new): 9ba2b763-9259-40ed-b29d-b4ad9694319d
* GBIF: 2497893
* iNaturalist: 20371
* IRMNG: 1304753
* ITIS: 177897
* NBN: NHMSYS0000530629
* NCBI: 69939
* Open Tree of Life: 1016856
* Paleobiology Database: 130718

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*[†]: Extinct