Pygmy owls
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Cape pygmy owl ( Glaucidium capense ) |
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Pygmy Owl ( Glaucidium passerinum )
The pygmy owl ( Glaucidium ) are a genus of authentics owl (Strigidae). The genus contains about 30 species that are distributed worldwide. They are mostly small owls. Most pygmy owl species are nocturnal and primarily hunt large insects and other small prey. Only the pygmy owl ( Glaucidium passerinum ) that gives it its name lives in Central Europe .
species
The following list presents the individual species of pygmy owls.
- Colima pygmy owl ( Glaucidium palmarum )
- Sri Lanca pygmy owl ( Glaucidium (Taenioglaux) castanotum )
- Jungle pygmy owl ( Glaucidium (Taenioglaux) radiatum )
- Albert pygmy owl ( Glaucidium albertinum )
- Yungas pygmy owl ( Glaucidium bolivianum )
- Brazilian pygmy owl ( Glaucidium brasilianum )
- Quail pygmy owl ( Glaucidium brodiei )
- Rocky Mountains pygmy owl ( Glaucidium californicum )
- Cape pygmy owl ( Glaucidium capense )
- Chestnut pygmy owl ( Glaucidium castaneum )
- Java pygmy owl ( Glaucidium castanopterum )
- Guatemala pygmy owl ( Glaucidium cobanense )
- Costa Rican pygmy owl ( Glaucidium costaricanum )
- Cuckoo's pygmy owl ( Glaucidium cuculoides )
- Gnomish pygmy owl ( Glaucidium gnoma )
- Yucatan pygmy owl ( Glaucidium griseiceps )
- Amazon pygmy owl ( Glaucidium hardyi )
- Hoskins pygmy owl ( Glaucidium hoskinsii )
- Andean pygmy owl ( Glaucidium jardinii )
- Micro-Zwergkauz ( Glaucidium minutissimum ) = Sick Zwergkauz ( Glaucidium sicki ) (new combination) to King & Weick (2008)
- Pernambuco pygmy owl ( Glaucidium mooreorum ) = Glaucidium minutissimum (new combination) according to König & Weick (2008)
- Patagonian pygmy owl ( Glaucidium nanum )
- Cloud forest pygmy owl ( Glaucidium nubicola )
- Zamora pygmy owl ( Glaucidium parkeri )
- Pygmy Owl ( Glaucidium passerinum )
- Pearl pygmy owl ( Glaucidium perlatum )
- Peru pygmy owl ( Glaucidium peruanum )
- Tamaulipas pygmy owl ( Glaucidium sanchezi )
- Cuba pygmy owl ( Glaucidium siju )
- Great pygmy owl ( Glaucidium sjostedti )
- Red-breasted pygmy owl ( Glaucidium tephronotum )
- Chaco pygmy owl ( Glaucidium tucumanum )
Web links
Commons : Pygmy Owl - Collection of images, videos and audio files
literature
- Claus König , Friedhelm Weick: Owls of the World . Christopher Helm, London 2008, ISBN 978-0-7136-6548-2