Pygmy-Owls and Typical Owlets
Glaucidium
Pygmy owls are members of the genus Glaucidium. They belong to the typical owl family, Strigidae, one of the two generally accepted living families of owls. The genus consists of about 26 to 35 species distributed worldwide. The exact number of species is somewhat disputed.
26 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 26 known species
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
speciesGlaucidium brasilianum
Northern Pygmy-Owl
speciesGlaucidium gnoma
Eurasian Pygmy-Owl
speciesGlaucidium passerinum
Asian Barred Owlet
speciesGlaucidium cuculoides
Pearl-spotted Owlet
speciesGlaucidium perlatum
Jungle Owlet
speciesGlaucidium radiatum
Austral Pygmy-Owl
speciesGlaucidium nana
Peruvian Pygmy-Owl
speciesGlaucidium peruanum
African Barred Owlet
speciesGlaucidium capense
Cuban Pygmy-Owl
speciesGlaucidium siju
Colima Pygmy-Owl
speciesGlaucidium palmarum
Andean Pygmy-Owl
speciesGlaucidium jardinii
Least Pygmy-Owl
speciesGlaucidium minutissimum
Amazonian Pygmy-Owl
speciesGlaucidium hardyi
Chestnut-backed Owlet
speciesGlaucidium castanotum
Tamaulipas Pygmy-Owl
speciesGlaucidium sanchezi
Central American Pygmy-Owl
speciesGlaucidium griseiceps
Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl
speciesGlaucidium costaricanum
Cloud-forest Pygmy-Owl
speciesGlaucidium nubicola
Yungas Pygmy-Owl
speciesGlaucidium bolivianum
Red-chested Owlet
speciesGlaucidium tephronotum
Javan Owlet
speciesGlaucidium castanopterum
Sjöstedt's Owlet
speciesGlaucidium sjostedti
Subtropical Pygmy-Owl
speciesGlaucidium parkeri
Albertine Owlet
speciesGlaucidium albertinum
Pernambuco Pygmy-Owl
speciesGlaucidium mooreorum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 19803.