Colima Pygmy-Owl © flickr.com

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).

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