Ferruginous Pygmy Owl

Glaucidium brasilianum - Chevêchette brune

Systematics

Order
:
Strigiformes
Family
:
Strigidés
Genus
:
Glaucidium
Species
:
brasilianum

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1788

Biometrics

Size
: 19 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 46 à 90 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Ferruginous Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium brasilianum) is a species of bird in the Strigidae family.

Subspecific information 13 subspecies

Glaucidium brasilianum brasilianum (e Brazil to ne Argentina)
Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum (s Arizona. USA. to Sonora to n Nayarit (w Mexico))
Glaucidium brasilianum intermedium (s Nayarit to Oaxaca. w Mexico.)
Glaucidium brasilianum ridgwayi (s Texas. sc USA. to w Panama)
Glaucidium brasilianum medianum (n Colombia)
Glaucidium brasilianum margaritae (Margarita I.. off Venezuela.)
Glaucidium brasilianum phaloenoides (n, e Venezuela, Trinidad and the Guianas)
Glaucidium brasilianum duidae (Mt. Duida. s Venezuela.)
Glaucidium brasilianum olivaceum (Auyán-Tepui. se Venezuela.)
Glaucidium brasilianum ucayalae (Amazonia)
Glaucidium brasilianum pallens (e Bolivia, w Paraguay, n Argentina)
Glaucidium brasilianum stranecki (c Argentina to s Uruguay)
Glaucidium brasilianum tucumanum (w Argentina)

Foreign names

Chevêchette brune,
Mochuelo caburé,
caburé-ferrugem,
Brasilzwergkauz,
rozsdás törpekuvik,
Braziliaanse Dwerguil,
Civettina tabaccata,
rostsparvuggla,
Øgleugle,
kuvičok hrdzavý,
kulíšek brazilský,
Rustfarvet Spurveugle,
ruostevarpuspöllö,
mussolet ferruginós,
sóweczka kreskowana,
bērais apodziņš,
Рыжий воробьиный сыч,
アカスズメフクロウ,
棕鸺鹠,
赤褐鵂鶹,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest