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La Campana National Park, Chile, January 2006

Glaucidium nana

[edit] Identification

Brown, Grey, and Rufous morphs known (not all sources differentiate grey from brown). In all forms, this species has relatively small eyes and long tail with relatively many pale bars; birds from some areas have wider pale than dark bars.

[edit] Distribution

Western Argentina and central + south Chile. In Chile, the range does not overlap the similar Peruvian Pygmy Owl.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1].

Has in the past been considered a part of Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl but now separated based on both DNA evidence and differences in vocalizations other than song.

[edit] Habitat

Temperate forests.

[edit] Behaviour

Active at night but also sometimes during the day.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. König, C. and F. Weick 2008. Owls of the World, second edition. Christopher Helm, London. ISBN 978-0-7136-6548-2

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