Colima Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium palmarum)

Family
Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Size
15 - 15.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
Nelson, 1901

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Mexico.

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

Population
Estimated population is 20,000 - 49,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A slow series of piping notes on one pitch, 'ho, ho, ho..' etc, but much shorter and in a more irregular series.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (15)...)

Colima Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium palmarum) [XC5915]
by Charlie Vogt from Panuco, Sinaloa, Mexico (song)

Colima Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium palmarum) [XC447847]
by Richard E. Webster from Rancho Santa Barbara, Sonora, Mexico (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).

Considered member of Least Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium minutissimum) complex, which also includes Tamaulipas Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium sanchezi), Central American Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium griseiceps), Subtropical Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium parkeri) and Amazonian Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium hardyi).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

oberholseri Nelson, 1901 - Southern Sonora to southern Sinaloa (north-western Mexico).
palmarum Nelson, 1901 - Nayarit to Oaxaca (central Mexico).
griscomi R. T. Moore, 1947 - South-western Morelos and north-eastern Guerrero (central Mexico).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Colima Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium palmarum) - 10 files

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