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Revision as of 00:50, 15 October 2008 by Njlarsen (talk | contribs) (Least Pygmy Owl moved to Least Pygmy-Owl: S&M + Clements)
Glaucidium minutissimum
Photo by arthurgrosset
Photographed: Intervales, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Identification

Yellow eyes, grey-brown facial disc, rufous inner rings, rufous brown upperparts, barred flight feathers, cinnamon brown tail, white throat, off white underparts with rufous streaks, yellow bill and toes.


Distribution

Eastern Brazil and Paraguay.

Taxonomy

Habitat

Evergreen rain forest and forest edge.

Behaviour

Diet includes insects, and small vertebrates.

Vocalisation

<flashmp3> Least Pygmy Owl Regua 12h05m23s10sep2008.mp3</flashmp3>
Listen in an external program Recording by Andrew Whitehouse

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