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Glaucidium hardyi
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Location: Alta Floresta, Brazil

Identification

14cm
Grey-brown plumage

Distribution

South America: found in south-eastern Venezuela to the Guianas, Amazonian Brazil, south-eastern Peru and Bolivia

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Upper storey of humid forest.

Behaviour

References

  1. Clements, JF. 2010. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2010. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/Clements%206.5.xls/view
  2. Arthur Grosset

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