Andean Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium jardinii)

Other Names (World)
Andean Pygmy-Owl, Jardine's Pygmy-owl, Andean Pygmy Owl

Family
Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Size
14.50 - 16 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bonaparte, 1855)

Range (Guide)

Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela.

From northern Colombia and western Venezuela south through Ecuador to central Peru.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2011).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
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Andean Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium jardinii) [XC197071]
by Niels Krabbe from PNN Chingaza , San Fransisco, La Calera, Cundinamarca, Colombia (song)

Andean Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium jardinii) [XC238335]
by Niels Krabbe from Azuay: Ca\u00f1ayacu 7 km NNE Chaucha, Ecuador (duet)

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).

Suggested as forming superspecies with Yungas Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium bolivianum). Has been treated as conspecific with Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium brasilianum), or by some authors as a subspecies of Mountain Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma) but differs from both in voice, coloration and ecology. Formerly considered to include Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium costaricanum) as a subspecies.

No subspecies.

References
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