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'''Includes Ridgway's Pygmy-Owl''' | '''Includes Ridgway's Pygmy-Owl''' | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
− | Red, brown, and grey morphs occur, and tail varies having whitish, orange-buffy, or no bars. | + | 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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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
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]]. |
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- Glaucidium brasilianum
Includes Ridgway's 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
Twelve subspecies are recognized by Clements1.
In the past, Austral Pygmy-Owl and Tucuman Pygmy-Owl have 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.
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