Pygmy Owl - Species

Species

  • Eurasian Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium passerinum
  • Collared Owlet, Glaucidium brodiei
  • Pearl-spotted Owlet, Glaucidium perlatum
  • Northern Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium (gnoma) californicum
    • Mountain Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium gnoma gnoma
    • Guatemalan Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium (gnoma) cobanense
    • Cape Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium (gnoma) hoskinsii
  • Costa Rican Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium costaricanum
  • Cloud-forest Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium nubicola
  • Andean Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium jardinii
  • Yungas Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium bolivianum
  • Colima Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium palmarum
  • Tamaulipas Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium sanchezi
  • Central American Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium griseiceps
  • Subtropical Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium parkeri
  • Amazonian Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium hardyi
  • Pernambuco Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium mooreorum
  • East Brazilian Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium minutissimum
  • Ferruginous Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium brasilianum
    • Ridgway's Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium (brasilianum) ridgwayi (species or subspecies)
    • Tucuman Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium (brasilianum) tucumanum (species or subspecies)
  • Pacific Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium peruanum
  • Austral Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium nanum
  • Cuban Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium siju
  • Red-chested Owlet, Glaucidium tephronotum
  • Sjostedt's Barred Owlet, Glaucidium sjostedti
  • Asian Barred Owlet, Glaucidium cuculoides
  • Javan Owlet, Glaucidium castanopterum
  • Jungle Owlet, Glaucidium radiatum
  • Chestnut-backed Owlet, Glaucidium castanonotum
  • African Barred Owlet, Glaucidium capense
    • Ngami Owlet, Glaucidium (capense) ngamiense
    • Scheffler's Owlet, Glaucidium (capense) scheffleri
  • Albertine Owlet, Glaucidium albertinum
  • Chestnut Owlet, Glaucidium castaneum

The supposed prehistoric species "Glaucidium" dickinsoni is now recognized as a burrowing owl, probably a paleosubspecies providentiae. Bones of an indeterminate Glaucidium have been recovered from Late Pliocene deposits in Poland (Mlíkovský 2002).

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