Elf Owl
Micrathene whitneyi
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Strigiformes
- Family
- Strigidae
- Genus
- Micrathene
- eBird Code
- elfowl
Subspecies (4)
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Micrathene whitneyi graysoni
formerly Socorro Island (Revillagigedo Islands off western Mexico); extinct
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Micrathene whitneyi idonea
southern Texas (lower Rio Grande Valley) to central Mexico
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Micrathene whitneyi sanfordi
lower Baja California (south of latitude 23°40'N)
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Micrathene whitneyi whitneyi
arid southwestern USA and adjacent northwestern Mexico (Sonora)
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.