Unspotted Saw-whet Owl
Aegolius ridgwayi(Alfaro, A, 1905)
English (US) Unspotted Saw-whet Owl
The Unspotted Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius ridgwayi) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Strigidae (Owls) in the order Strigiformes.
Range: southern Mexico to western PanamaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Aegolius ridgwayi
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Unspotted Saw-whet Owl
- Described by
- (Alfaro, A, 1905)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cryptoglaux ridgwayi
- Described by
- (Alfaro, A, 1905)
- Type locality
- Cerro de la Candelaria, -near Escasu, Costa Rica.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 18 p.217
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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