Mititi au vilio ni ndege mbuai wa jenasi mbalimbali katika familia Strigidae. Kwa kawaida ndege hawa ni wadogo kuliko bundi (sm 16-30) na wana rangi ya kahawa au kijivu pamoja na madoadoa ambayo yanafanana na gome la miti. Kwa kawaida jike ni mkubwa kuliko dume. Mititi hula wadudu hasa lakini watambaazi, wanyama na ndege wadogo pia na hata nyungunyungu na amfibia. Huwinda usiku kwa kawaida. Jike huyataga mayai 2-6 katika shimo lililoachwa na ndege au mnyama mwingine, lakini mara nyingi kinda moja tu akua.
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Mtiti |
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Mtiti wa Afrika |
Uainishaji wa kisayansi |
Himaya: |
Animalia (Wanyama)
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Faila: |
Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni)
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Ngeli: |
Aves (Ndege)
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Oda: |
Strigiformes (Ndege kama bundi)
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Familia: |
Strigidae (Ndege walio na mnasaba na bundi)
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Nusufamilia: |
Striginae (Ndege wanaofanana na bundi)
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Jenasi: |
Margarobyas Olson & Suárez, 2008
Megascops Kaup, 1848 Otus Pennant, 1769
Psiloscops Coues, 1899
Ptilopsis Kaup, 1848
Pyrroglaux Yamashina, 1938
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Spishi: |
Angalia katiba
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Funga
- Otus brucei, Mtiti wa Misri (Pallid scops owl)
- Otus capnodes, Mtiti wa Nzwani (Anjouan scops owl)
- Otus hartlaubi, Mtiti wa Sao Tome (São Tomé scops owl)
- Otus icterorhynchus, Mtiti Domo-njano (Sandy scops owl)
- Otus insularis, Mtiti wa Shelisheli (Seychelles scops owl)
- Otus ireneae, Mtiti wa Sokoke (Sokoke scops owl)
- Otus madagascariensis, Mtiti wa Torotoroka (Torotoroka scops owl) – zamani katika O. rutilus
- Otus mayottensis, Mtiti wa Mayotte (Mayotte scops owl) – zamani katika O. rutilus
- Otus moheliensis, Mtiti wa Mwali (Moheli scops owl)
- Otus pauliani, Mtiti wa Komori (Karthala scops owl)
- Otus pembaensis, Mtiti wa Pemba (Pemba scops owl)
- Otus rutilus, Mtiti wa Madagaska (Rainforest scops owl)
- Otus scops, Mtiti wa Ulaya (Eurasian scops owl)
- Otus senegalensis, Mtiti wa Afrika (African scops owl)
- Otus socotranus, Mtiti wa Sokotra (Socotra scops owl)
- Ptilopsis granti, Mtiti Uso-mweupe Kusi (Southern white-faced owl)
- Ptilopsis leucotis, Mtiti Uso-mweupe Kaskazi (Northern white-faced owl)
Mtiti wa Misri
Mtiti wa Sokoke
Mtiti wa Torotoroka
Mtiti wa Madagaska
Mtiti wa Ulaya
Mtiti uso-mweupe kusi
Mtiti uso-mweupe kaskazi