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Photo by Ciro Albano
Location: Brazil

Glaucidium brasilianum

Includes Ridgway's Pygmy-Owl

[edit] Identification

Red, brown, and grey morphs occur, and tail varies having whitish, orange-buffy, or no bars. As with most Pygmy-Owls, there are pale areas on the back of the head imitating an extra pair of eyes.

[edit] Distribution

From Arizona and south-east Texas through Mexico and Central America to South America where found east of the Andes to Argentina.

[edit] Taxonomy

Twelve subspecies are recognized by Clements¹.

In the past, Austral Pygmy-Owl and Tucuman Pygmy-Owl have been considered part of Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl. Konig et al.² additionally have split subspecies ridgwayi (including cactorum and the not universally recognized saturatum) as the full species Ridgway's Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium ridgwayi which would include the birds from Panama to the USA; this has not been recognized by any of the world-wide checklists.

[edit] Habitat

Lowland forests to semiopen areas.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

1. Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
2. König, C., F. Weick, & J.-H. Becking. 1999. Owls - a guide to the owls of the world. Yale University Press. ISBN 0300079206

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