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Little Owl

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q129958
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Summary

Little Owl is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.6% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,980 views/month, #1,176 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Bird of the Year[3], Naturparktier des Jahres[4]
  • Taxon rank: species[5]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[6]
  • Parent taxon: Athene[7]
  • Taxon name: Athene noctua[8]
  • Commons category: Athene noctua[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Athene noctua[10]
  • Commons gallery: Athene noctua[11]
  • Short name: A. noctua[12]
  • Taxon common name: Little Owl[13], Mochuelo europeo[14], Civetta[15], Chevêche d’Athéna[16], Steinkauz[17], Steenuil[18], Домовый сыч[19], Kirkeugle[20], コキンメフクロウ[21], mussol comú[22], sýček obecný[23], kivikakk[24], minervanpöllö[25], pójdźka (zwyczajna)[26]

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Identifiers

Little Owl's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 126797[27]. Little Owl's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45517847[28]. Little Owl's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2497266[29]. Little Owl's ITIS TSN is recorded as 555471[30].

Discovery and Description

Things named for Little Owl include Noctua[31], a business[32], in Austria[33], founded in 2005[34], headquartered in Vienna[35].

Why It Matters

Little Owl has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 70 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

Entities named for it include Noctua[31], a business[32], in Austria[33], founded in 2005[34], headquartered in Vienna[35].

FAQs

What awards did Little Owl receive?

Honors received include Bird of the Year[3] and Naturparktier des Jahres[4].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . birdlife.cz. Retrieved . birdlife.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [27] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [30] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [29] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 10.1. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

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  1. 8w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 01624761-n
    Interlingual index id → i43835
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  2. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0350530-sycek-obecny
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0350530-sycek-obecny, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259492|batch #259492]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Invasion Biology
    Taxon rank → species
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
    Taxon common name → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Little Owl'}, {'lang': 'es', 'text': 'Mochuelo europeo'}, {'lang': 'it', 'text': 'Civetta'} +85
    + 15 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ Yso id: 25295, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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