Chestnut pygmy owl

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Chestnut pygmy owl
Chestnut pygmy owl in: Ant. Reichenow: The birds of Africa. Atlas, Neudamm, published by J. Neumann, 1902

Chestnut pygmy owl in: Ant. Reichenow: The birds of Africa. Atlas, Neudamm, published by J. Neumann, 1902

Systematics
Class : Birds (aves)
Order : Owls (Strigiformes)
Family : Real owls (Strigidae)
Genre : Pygmy Owl ( Glaucidium )
Type : Chestnut pygmy owl
Scientific name
Glaucidium castaneum
Reichenow , 1893

The chestnut pygmy owl ( Glaucidium castaneum , Syn . : Taenioglaux castaneum ) is a species of bird from the family of real owls (Strigidae).

Some authors assign this species, together with others, to the genus Taenioglaux .

The species seems to be closely related to the Albert pygmy owl ( Glaucidium albertinum ) and the Cape pygmy owl ( Glaucidium capense ), with which it is sometimes viewed as conspecific , according to Stevenson and IOC World Bird List.

The subspecies Glaucidium capense etchecopari is listed by Avibase as a subspecies of the chestnut pygmy owl Glaucidium castaneum etchecopari .

The chestnut pygmy owl occurs in the Mitumba Mountains in Africa , in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , Ivory Coast , Cameroon , Liberia and Uganda .

The distribution area includes humid lowland rainforest and mountain forest at 1000 to 1700 m altitude.

description

The chestnut pygmy owl is 20 to 21 cm tall, weighs about 100 g, the wingspan is 128 to 139 mm. It looks very similar to the Cape pygmy owl, but the back is a solid red-brown without stripes. The face is pale with white “eyebrows”, yellow irises, the head is dark brown with yellowish stripes.

voice

The call of the male is described as a series of whistling, accelerating "kyurr-kyurr-kyurr" tones.

Way of life

The food consists of small vertebrates and large insects , and the hunt is usually from a hide.

No information is available on the breeding season.

Hazardous situation

The chestnut pygmy owl is not considered endangered ( least concern ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Chestnut Pygmy Owl , in Avibase - The World Bird Database
  2. ↑ Owl World
  3. ^ H. Mikkola: Owls of the World - A Photographic Guide. 2nd Edition. Bloomsbury, 2013, ISBN 978-1-4729-0593-2 .
  4. ↑ C. König, F. Weick, J, -H. Becking: Owls A Guide to the Owls of the World. Pica Press, 1999, ISBN 1-873403-74-7 , pp. 354-355.
  5. ↑ a b c d e Handbook of the Birds of the World
  6. ^ A b T. Stevenson, J. Fanshawe: Birds of East Africa. Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi. Princeton University Press, 2002, ISBN 978-0-691-12665-4 .
  7. ^ IOC World Bird List Owls
  8. ↑ featherbase
  9. ^ IUCN Redlist

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