Central American Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium griseiceps)

Family
Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Size
13 - 18 cm

First Described (Guide)
Sharpe, 1875

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From sea-level - 1,300 m.

Range (Guide)

Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, 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 20,000 - 49,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (11)...)

Central American Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium griseiceps) [XC497858]
by Hans Matheve from La Selva Biological Station, Costa Rica (song)

Central American Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium griseiceps) [XC275239]
by Patricio Mena Valenzuela from Esmeraldas: Charco Vicente, R\u00edo San Miguel, Cotacachi-Cayapas Ecological Reserve, Ecuador (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 Colima Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium palmarum), Tamaulipas Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium sanchezi), Subtropical Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium parkeri) and Amazonian Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium hardyi).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

occultum Sharpe, 1875 - Southern Mexico (south-eastern Veracruz, northern Oaxaca and Chiapas).
griseiceps Sharpe, 1875 - Guatemala, Belize and Honduras.
rarum Griscom, 1931 - Costa Rica and Panama.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Central American Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium griseiceps) - 10 files

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