Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium costaricanum)

Family
Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
Robbins & Stiles, 1999

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest, dry forest, lowland moist shrubland. From 900 - 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Costa Rica, Panama.

Central Costa Rica to western Panama, possibly to eastern Panama.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (17)...)

Costa Rican Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium costaricanum) [XC74512]
by J\u00e9r\u00f4me Fischer from Fortuna Forest Reserve, Chiriqu\u00ed, Panama (call)

Costa Rican Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium costaricanum) [XC274461]
by Nick Athanas from area around Kiri lodge near Tapant\u00ed NP, Cartago, Costa Rica (song)

Subspecies
Glaucidium jardinii (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium costaricanum) and Andean Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium jardinii) following AOU (2000).

Has recently been considered by some authors as conspecific with Mountain Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma). Probably related to the recently discovered Cloudforest Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium nubicola).

No subspecies.

References
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