Peruvian Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium peruanum)

Western Ecuador (Manabí) south through western Peru to northern Chile; also east of Andes in extreme south-eastern Ecuador (Zamora-Chinchipe) and Marañón drainage of Peru.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
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Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (16)...)

Pacific Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium peruanum) [XC845079]
by id from Pedro Vicente Maldonado, Pedro Vicente Maldonado, Pichincha, Ecuador (song)

Pacific Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium peruanum) [XC238346]
by Niels Krabbe from Loja: Tambo Negro 10 km E Macar\u00e1, Ecuador (song)

Subspecies
Considered to form superspecies with Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium brasilianum), Tucuman Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium tucumanum) and Austral Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium nana). Recently separated from Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium brasilianum) based on bioacoustical analysis and DNA evidence. Name peruanum is applicable to birds of Amazonian slope; scientific description of form from Pacific slope currently in preparation.

No subspecies.

References
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Files:

JPG files for Peruvian Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium peruanum) - 10 files

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