Species factsheet

Ferruginous Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium brasilianum)

Order: Glaucidium brasilianum
Family: Owls (Strigidae)

Danish name: Rustfarvet Spurveugle

Voices can be found here (External link)

Subspecies and Distribution

cactorum

s Arizona (USA) to Sonora to Oaxaca (w Mexico)

ridgwayi

s Texas (sc USA) to w Panama

medianum

n Colombia

margaritae

Margarita I. (off Venezuela)

phaloenoides

Trinidad

duidae

Mt. Duida (s Venezuela)

olivaceum

Mt. Auyun-Tepui (s Venezuela)

ucayalae

Amazonia

brasilianum

e Brazil to ne Argentina

pallens

e Bolivia, w Paraguay, n Argentina

stranecki

c Argentina to s Uruguay

tucumanum

w Argentina

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