Mtiti

Mtiti
Mtiti wa Afrika
Uainishaji wa kisayansi
Himaya: Animalia (Wanyama) Faila: Chordata (Wanyama wenye ugwe wa neva mgongoni) Ngeli: Aves (Ndege) Oda: Strigiformes (Ndege kama bundi) Familia: Strigidae (Ndege walio na mnasaba na bundi) Nusufamilia: Striginae (Ndege wanaofanana na bundi) Jenasi: Gymnoglaux Cabanis, 1855 Megascops Kaup, 1848 Otus Pennant, 1769 Ptilopsis Kaup, 1848 Pyrroglaux Yamashina, 1938 Spishi: Angalia katiba

Mititi au vilio ni ndege mbua 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 mti. Kwa kawaida jike ni mkubwa kuliko dume. Mititi hula wadudu hasa lakini watambaazi, wanyama na ndege wadogo pia na hata nungunungu 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.

Spishi za Afrika

• 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)

Spishi za mabara mengine

• Margarobyas lawrencii (Bare-legged Owl au Cuban Screech owl)
• Megascops albogularis (White-throated Screech Owl)
• Megascops asio (Eastern Screech Owl)
• Megascops atricapillus (Black-capped Screech Owl)
• Megascops barbarus (Bearded Screech Owl)
• Megascops centralis (Chocó Screech Owl)
• Megascops choliba (Tropical Screech Owl)
• Megascops clarkii (Bare-shanked Screech Owl)
• Megascops colombianus (Colombian Screech Owl)
• Megascops cooperi (Pacific Screech Owl)
• Megascops gilesi (Santa Marta Screech Owl)
• Megascops guatemalae (Middle American Screech Owl)
• Megascops hoyi (Hoy's Screech Owl)
• Megascops ingens (Rufescent Screech Owl)
• Megascops kennicottii (Western Screech Owl)
• Megascops koepckeae (Koepcke's Screech Owl)
• Megascops marshalli (Cloud-forest Screech Owl)
• Megascops napensis (Napo Screech Owl)
• Megascops nudipes (Puerto Rican Screech Owl)
  • Megascops nudipes newtoni (Virgin Islands Screech Owl) - imekwisha sasa (miaka 1860)
• Megascops petersoni (Cinnamon Screech Owl)
• Megascops roboratus (West Peruvian Screech Owl)
• Megascops roraimae (Roraiman Screech Owl)
• Megascops sanctaecatarinae (Long-tufted Screech Owl)
• Megascops seductus (Balsas Screech Owl)
• Megascops trichopsis (Whiskered Screech Owl)
• Megascops vermiculatus (Vermiculated Screech Owl)
• Megascops watsonii (Tawny-bellied Screech Owl)
• Otus alfredi (Flores Scops Owl)
• Otus alius (Nicobar Scops Owl)
• Otus angelinae (Javan Scops Owl)
• Otus bakkamoena (Indian Scops Owl)
• Otus balli (Andaman Scops Owl)
• Otus beccarii (Biak Scops Owl)
• Otus brookii (Rajah Scops Owl)
• Otus collari (Sangihe Scops Owl)
• Otus elegans (Ryūkyū Scops Owl)
• Otus enganensis (Enggano Scops Owl)
• Otus everetti (Everett's Scops Owl)
• Otus fuliginosus (Palawan Scops Owl)
• Otus gurneyi (Giant Scops Owl)
• Otus jolandae (Rinjani Scops Owl)
• Otus lempiji (Sunda Scops Owl)
• Otus lettia (Collared Scops Owl)
• Otus longicornis (Luzon Scops Owl)
• Otus magicus (Moluccan Scops Owl)
• Otus manadensis (Sulawesi Scops Owl)
• Otus mantananensis (Mantanani Scops Owl)
• Otus megalotis (Philippine Scops Owl)
• Otus mentawi (Mentawai Scops Owl)
• Otus mindorensis (Mindoro Scops Owl)
• Otus mirus (Mindanao Scops Owl)
• Otus nigrorum (Negros Scops Owl)
• Otus rufescens (Reddish Scops Owl)
  • Otus rufescens burbidgei (Sulu Reddish Scops Owl) – labda si tofauti, imekwisha sasa (kati ya karne ya 20)
• Otus sagittatus (White-fronted Scops Owl)
• Otus semitorques (Japanese Scops Owl)
• Otus siaoensis (Siau Scops Owl)
• Otus silvicola (Wallace's Scops Owl)
• Otus spilocephalus (Mountain Scops Owl)
• Otus sulaensis (Sula Scops Owl)
• Otus sunia (Oriental Scops Owl)
• Otus thilohoffmanni (Serendib Scops Owl)
• Otus umbra (Simeulue Scops Owl)
• Psiloscops flammeolus (Flammulated Owl)
• Pyrroglaux podarginus (Palau Owl)

Picha

• 
  Mtiti wa Misri
• 
  Mtiti wa Sokoke
• 
  Mtiti wa Torotoroka
• 
  Mtiti wa Madagaska
• 
  Mtiti wa Ulaya
• 
  Mtiti uso-mweupe kusi
• 
  Mtiti uso-mweupe kaskazi

• 
  Bare-legged owl
• 
  Eastern screech owl
• 
  Black-capped screech owl
• 
  Tropical screech owl
• 
  Bare-shanked screech owl
• 
  Colombian screech owl
• 
  Pacific screech owl
• 
  Santa Marta screech owl
• 
  Rufescent screech owl
• 
  Western screech owl
• 
  Cinnamon screech owl
• 
  Long-tufted screech owl
• 
  Whiskered screech owl
• 
  Vermiculated screech owl
• 
  Tawny-bellied screech owl
• Javan scops owl
  Javan scops owl
• 
  Collared scops owl
• 
  Rajah scops owl
• 
  Giant scops owl
• 
  Rinjani scops owl
• 
  Sunda scops owl
• 
  Collared scops owl
• 
  Moluccan scops owl
• 
  Sulawesi scops owl
• 
  Mantanani scops owl
• 
  Philippine scops owl
• 
  Negros scops owl
• 
  White-fronted scops owl
• 
  Mountain scops owl
• 
  Oriental scops owl
• 
  Serendib scops owl
• 
  Flammulated owl