Austral Pygmy Owl
Glaucidium nana(King, PP, 1827)
English (US) Austral Pygmy Owl
The Austral Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium nana) 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: Andes of southern Chile and southern Argentina; winters to northern ArgentinaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Glaucidium nana
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Austral Pygmy Owl
- Described by
- (King, PP, 1827)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Strix nana
- Described by
- (King, PP, 1827)
- Type locality
- Port Famine Straits of Magellan.
- Original description
- The Zoological Journal 3, no.11 p.427
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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