Athene noctua (little owl) | CLASSIFICATION

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 (turtles, snakes, lizards, and relatives)
        
        Class Aves (birds)
        
        Subclass Neognathae (neognath birds)
        
        Infraclass Neoaves (modern birds)
        
        Order Strigiformes (owls)
        
        Family Strigidae (typical owls)
        
        Genus Athene (burrowing owls)
        
        Species Athene noctua (little owl)
        
        Subspecies Athene noctua bactriana
        
        Subspecies Athene noctua glaux
        
        Subspecies Athene noctua impasta
        
        Subspecies Athene noctua indigena
        
        Subspecies Athene noctua lilith
        
        Subspecies Athene noctua ludlowi
        
        Subspecies Athene noctua noctua
        
        Subspecies Athene noctua orientalis
        
        Subspecies Athene noctua plumipes
        
        Subspecies Athene noctua saharae
        
        Subspecies Athene noctua somaliensis
        
        Subspecies Athene noctua spilogastra
        
        Subspecies Athene noctua vidalii