Guatemalan pygmy owl (left) and red-chested owlet (right); illustration by Keulemans, 1875Ferruginous pygmy owl
Pygmy owls are members of the genus Glaucidium. They belong to the typical owl family, Strigidae.
The genus consists of 29 species distributed worldwide. These are mostly small owls, and some of the species are called "owlets". The genus includes nocturnal, diurnal, and crepuscular species. Birds in this genus mainly hunt large insects and other small prey.[1]
^Heraldo V. Norambuena; Andrés Muñoz-Pedreros (September 2012). "Diurnal Activity of the Austral Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium nana) in Southern Chile". The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 124 (3): 633–635. doi:10.1676/11-118.1.
Pygmyowls are members of the genus Glaucidium. They belong to the typical owl family, Strigidae. The genus consists of 29 species distributed worldwide...
The Eurasian pygmyowl (Glaucidium passerinum) is the smallest owl in Europe. It is a dark reddish to greyish-brown, with spotted sides and half of a...
Union, separate this species from the mountain pygmyowl, the Baja pygmyowl, and the Guatemalan pygmyowl, while others, such as the American Ornithological...
The ferruginous pygmyowl (Glaucidium brasilianum) is a small owl that breeds in south-central Arizona and southern Texas in the United States, south...
The Pernambuco pygmyowl (Glaucidium mooreorum) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. This species, first described in 2002, is endemic to Pernambuco...
The mountain pygmyowl (Glaucidium gnoma) is a small species of owl from the family Strigidae. They reside throughout southern Arizona, New Mexico and...
The austral pygmyowl (Glaucidium nana) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found in Argentina and Chile. The austral pygmyowl has sometimes...
Tamaulipas pygmyowl (Glaucidium sanchezi). The largest owls are two similarly sized eagle owls; the Eurasian eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) and Blakiston's fish owl (Bubo...
East Brazilian pygmyowl (Glaucidium minutissimum), also known as least pygmy-owl or Sick's pygmy-owl, is a small owl in the typical owl family. It has...
Tamaulipas pygmyowl (Glaucidium sanchezi) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is endemic to Mexico. This is one of the smallest owls in the world...
of the short-eared owl, the northern spotted owl, the saw-whet owl, the barn owl, the great gray owl, and the northern pygmyowl. The average lifespan...
The Cuban pygmyowl (Glaucidium siju) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae that is endemic to Cuba. The Cuban pygmyowl has three subspecies, the...
The Amazonian pygmyowl (Glaucidium hardyi), also known as Hardy’s pygmyowl, is an owl found in northern South America and the Amazon Basin. A member...
The Central American pygmyowl (Glaucidium griseiceps) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador...
found that no pygmyowl had been detected anywhere within the school site, and that the evidence was insufficient to show that a pygmyowl had used any...
The Costa Rican pygmyowl (Glaucidium costaricanum) is a small "typical owl" in subfamily Surniinae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama. Initially,...
Yungas pygmyowl (Glaucidium bolivianum), is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Peru. The Yungas pygmyowl has...
pygmyowl (Glaucidium jardinii) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. The Andean pygmy owl...
assumed to be extinct. The elf owl is the world's lightest owl, although the long-whiskered owlet and the Tamaulipas pygmyowl are of a similarly diminutive...
The Colima pygmyowl (Glaucidium palmarum) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is endemic to the western part of Mexico. The International...
species of owl in order Strigiformes; they are distributed among 25 genera in two families. The 20 species of genera Tyto and Phodilus, the barn owls, are in...
The true owls or typical owls (family Strigidae) are one of the two generally accepted families of owls, the other being the barn owls (Tytonidae). This...
The Guatemalan pygmyowl (Glaucidium cobanense) is a small "typical owl" in subfamily Surniinae. However, some taxonomic systems consider it to be a subspecies...
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