Elf Owl
- Scientific Name: Micrathene Whitneyi
- Common Name: Elf Owl
- Diet: insects, other arthropods, shrews
- Color: gray
- Size: 6 inches
- Active Period: Summer
- Habitat: widespread
- Field Identification: smallest owl, yellow eyes, short tail, no ear tufts, nocturnal
- Nest: cavity
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Genus: Micrathene
- Family: Strigidae (owls)
- Order: Strigiformes
- Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
- Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
- Species: whitneyi