Andean Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium jardinii) [XC529693]
by Sergio C\u00f3rdoba-C\u00f3rdoba (Colecci\u00f3n de Sonidos Ambientales - Instituto Humboldt) from La Cristalina, Colombia (?)
Andean Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium jardinii) [XC857771]
by Willem-Pier Vellinga from Calacali (near Quito), Metropolitan District of Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador (song)
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.