Central American Pygmy Owl
Glaucidium griseicepsSharpe, RB, 1875
English (US) Central American Pygmy Owl
The Central American Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium griseiceps) 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 Colombia and northwestern EcuadorRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Glaucidium griseiceps
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Central American Pygmy Owl
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1875
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Sharpe, RB, 1875
- Type locality
- Veragua [Panama] and Chisec and Choctum, Guatemala, restricted to the tropical lowlands of Alta Vera Paz by Griscom, antea, p. 42.
- Original description
- Ibis ser.3, vol.5, no.17 p.41 pl.2 fig.2
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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