Cape Pygmy-Owl
A Reference for North and Central American Owls
The Cape Pygmy-Owl is very similar to the Northern Pygmy-Owl although isolated geographically at the tip of Baja California in the Sierra de la Laguna Mountains.
Least Pygmy-owl
(Glaucidium minutissimum)
The Least Pygmy-owl is distributed in south-east Brazil and eastern Paraguay. It is found in the canopy and at the edges of Atlantic Rain Forest.
Northern Pygmy-Owl
Glaucidium gnoma
The Northern Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium gnoma) ranges from southern Alaska all the way to the Honduras. In the U.S.
Northern Pygmy-Owl
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Northern Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium gnoma
Identification Tips:
Length: 6 inches Wingspan: 15 inches
Predatory bird, more diurnal than other species of owls
Large, rounded head
Yellow eyes
Crown spotted with white ...
Peruvian Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium peruanum
Described by: Koenig (1991)
Alternate common name(s): Pacific Pygmy Owl
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors ...
Northern Pygmy-owl: a soft, hollow toot (one note every two seconds). Also a high rattle or rapid trill: tsisisisisisisi.
The tape also aroused an Austral Pygmy-Owl. We saw American Kestrel and our first Andean Condor at this spot. We continued higher up the road and near the top had: Aplomado Falcon, Red-backed Hawk, Rufous-tailed Hawk.
Cactus ferruginous pygmy-owls are one of three subspecies of the ferruginous pygmy-owl. They have longer tails than most owls, are reddish-brown with a cream colored belly and have a crown that is lightly streaked.
California Condor » ...
Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-owl
Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum
Threatened
Mexican Spotted Owl
Strix occidentalis lucida ...
According to literature reviews, Clark's nutcrackers (Nucifraga columbiana), northern pygmy-owls (Glaucidium gnoma), great horned owls (Bubo virginianus), and jays such as scrub jays (Aphelocoma spp.), ...
Glaucidium passerinum - Eurasian Pygmy-Owl
Athene
Athene noctua - Little Owl (photo)
Strix
Strix aluco - Tawny Owl (photo)
Strix uralensis - Ural Owl
Strix nebulosa - Great Grey Owl
Asio
Asio otus - Long-eared Owl ...
Bare-legged Owl, Gymnoglaux lawrencii (E)
Cuban Pygmy-Owl, Glaucidium siju (E)
Burrowing Owl, Athene cunicularia
Stygian Owl, Asio stygius
Long-eared Owl, Asio otus (A)
Short-eared Owl, Asio flammeus ...
LITTLE COLUMBIAN OWL.
[Northern Pygmy-Owl.]
SURNIA PASSERINOIDES, Temm.
[Glaucidium gnoma.] ...
Juvenile boreal with darker brown underparts, and white X, not Y on face.
Screech-owls have ear tufts and black streaking on chest.
Northern Pygmy-Owl smaller and slimmer, with a long tail, a dark face, and small white spots on sides.
Traveling in flocks would increase the number of eyes which could warn of raptors, for example the Ferruginous pygmy-owl.
giant Saguaros do not flower until 55 years old, when they are about 8 feet tall, and they do not begin to branch until they are 50-100 years old. The conservation of this woodpecker is important to other species, like the Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl and ...
In excavating its saguaro nest cavity, the Gila woodpecker provides quarters for uninvited guests such the “American Kestrel, Elf Owl, Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, Western Screech Owl, Brown-crested Flycatcher, Purple Martin, Cactus Wren, lizards, ...
 See also: Owl, Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, Woodpecker, Sparrow, Grasshopper
  
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