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Message: <blockquote data-quote="l_raty" data-source="post: 3421530" data-attributes="member: 24811">MtDNA data place this species in what seems to be the same position, together with Micrathene whitneyi. Unfortunately, no genetic data have been published yet for Xenoglaux, and Micrathene was not in Jessie Salters data set, hence it is impossible to be sure of anything about the relationships within the group.But, anyway, "Xenoglaux brodiei" is not an option. The generic names that would be anchored in this group, assuming it is limited to these three spp, are:Taenioptynx Kaup 1848 [<a href="http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13256491" target="_blank">OD</a>]; type species by original monotypy: Noctua brodiei Burton 1836 [<a href="http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12859914" target="_blank">OD</a>].Micrathene Coues 1866 [<a href="http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1861517" target="_blank">OD</a>]; type species by original designation: Athene whitneyi Cooper 1861 [<a href="http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3837042" target="_blank">OD</a>].Xenoglaux O'Neill & Graves 1977 [<a href="https://sora.unm.edu/node/23012" target="_blank">OD</a>]; type species by original designation: Xenoglaux loweryi O'Neill & Graves 1977 [<a href="https://sora.unm.edu/node/23012" target="_blank">OD</a>].</blockquote>