East Brazilian Pygmy Owl
Glaucidium minutissimum(Wied-Neuwied, M, 1830)
English (US) East Brazilian Pygmy Owl
The East Brazilian Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium minutissimum) 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: eastern Paraguay to southeastern Brazil and northeastern Argentina (Misiones)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Glaucidium minutissimum
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- East Brazilian Pygmy Owl
- Described by
- (Wied-Neuwied, M, 1830)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Strix minutissima
- Described by
- (Wied-Neuwied, M, 1830)
- Type locality
- Interior of the State of Bahia, Brazil.
- Original description
- Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte von Brasilien 3 p.242
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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