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| | [[Image:Ferruginous_Pygmy_Owl.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Ciro+Albano|Ciro Albano}}<br />Location: [[Brazil]]]] | | [[Image:Ferruginous_Pygmy_Owl.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Ciro+Albano|Ciro Albano}}<br />Location: [[Brazil]]]] |
| | ;[[: Category:Glaucidium|Glaucidium]] brasilianum | | ;[[: Category:Glaucidium|Glaucidium]] brasilianum |
| - | '''Includes Ridgway's Pygmy-Owl''' | + | '''Includes Ridgway's Pygmy-Owl; Tucuman Pygmy-Owl''' |
| | ==Identification== | | ==Identification== |
| | Red, brown, and grey morphs occur, and tail varies having whitish, orange-buffy, or no bars. As with most Pygmy-Owls, there are pale areas on the back of the head imitating an extra pair of eyes. | | Red, brown, and grey morphs occur, and tail varies having whitish, orange-buffy, or no bars. As with most Pygmy-Owls, there are pale areas on the back of the head imitating an extra pair of eyes. |
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| | From [[Arizona]] and south-east [[Texas]] through [[Mexico]] and [[Central America]] to [[South America]] where found east of the Andes to [[Argentina]]. | | From [[Arizona]] and south-east [[Texas]] through [[Mexico]] and [[Central America]] to [[South America]] where found east of the Andes to [[Argentina]]. |
| | ==Taxonomy== | | ==Taxonomy== |
| - | Twelve subspecies are recognized by Clements<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>. | + | Thirteen subspecies are recognized by Clements<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>. |
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| - | In the past, [[Austral Pygmy-Owl]] and [[Tucuman Pygmy-Owl]] have been considered part of Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl. Konig et al.<sup>[[#References|2]]</sup> additionally have split subspecies ''ridgwayi'' (including ''cactorum'' and the not universally recognized ''saturatum'') as the full species Ridgway's Pygmy-Owl ''Glaucidium ridgwayi'' which would include the birds from [[Panama]] to the [[USA]]; this has not been recognized by any of the world-wide checklists. | + | In the past, [[Austral Pygmy-Owl]] has been considered part of Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl. Konig et al.<sup>[[#References|2]]</sup> additionally have split subspecies ''ridgwayi'' (including ''cactorum'' and the not universally recognized ''saturatum'') as the full species Ridgway's Pygmy-Owl ''Glaucidium ridgwayi'' which would include the birds from [[Panama]] to the [[USA]]; this has not been recognized by any of the world-wide checklists. Tucuman Pygmy-Owl (ssp tucumanum) is also sometimes split as full species. |
| | ==Habitat== | | ==Habitat== |
| | Lowland forests to semiopen areas. | | Lowland forests to semiopen areas. |
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- Glaucidium brasilianum
Includes Ridgway's Pygmy-Owl; Tucuman Pygmy-Owl
Identification
Red, brown, and grey morphs occur, and tail varies having whitish, orange-buffy, or no bars. As with most Pygmy-Owls, there are pale areas on the back of the head imitating an extra pair of eyes.
Distribution
From Arizona and south-east Texas through Mexico and Central America to South America where found east of the Andes to Argentina.
Taxonomy
Thirteen subspecies are recognized by Clements1.
In the past, Austral Pygmy-Owl has been considered part of Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl. Konig et al.2 additionally have split subspecies ridgwayi (including cactorum and the not universally recognized saturatum) as the full species Ridgway's Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium ridgwayi which would include the birds from Panama to the USA; this has not been recognized by any of the world-wide checklists. Tucuman Pygmy-Owl (ssp tucumanum) is also sometimes split as full species.
Habitat
Lowland forests to semiopen areas.
Behaviour
References
- Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
- König, C., F. Weick, & J.-H. Becking. 1999. Owls - a guide to the owls of the world. Yale University Press. ISBN 0300079206
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