Least Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium minutissimum)

Other Names (World)
Least Pygmy-Owl, Amazonian Pygmy-owl(!), Brazilian Pygmy-owl, East Brazilian Pygmy Owl

Family
Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Size
15 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Wied, 1821)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. Also, subtropical and tropical montane moist forest, dry forest. From sea-level - 1,100 m.

Range (Guide)

Belize (B), Bolivia (B), Brazil, Colombia (B), Costa Rica (B), Guatemala (B), Honduras (B), Panama (B), Peru (B).

Eastern Paraguay, southern and eastern Brazil and possibly north-eastern Argentina (Misiones).

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 (2011).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (94)...)

East Brazilian Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium minutissimum) [XC863900]
by JAYRSON ARAUJO DE OLIVEIRA from Fazenda S\u00e3o Miguel, Itaj\u00e1, Goi\u00e1s, Brazil (song)

East Brazilian Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium) [XC68403]
by Daniel Lane from Bahia; a few km W of Fazenda (Aruana), near Una, Brazil (song)

Subspecies
Glaucidium minutissimum (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into Least Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium minutissimum) and Subtropical Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium parkeri) following SACC (2005), and Central American Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium griseiceps), Tamaulipas Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium sanchezi) and Colima Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium palmarum) following AOU (1998).

Forms species complex with Colima Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium palmarum), Tamaulipas Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium sanchezi), Central American Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium griseiceps), Subtropical Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium parkeri) and Amazonian Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium hardyi). All (except recently described Subtropical Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium parkeri)) formerly treated as subspecies of this species, but appear to have constant vocal differences. Further research is needed.

No subspecies.

References
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