Pygmy owl

Cape Pygmy Owl ( Glaucidium capense )

The Sperlingskäuze ( Glaucidium ) are a genus of authentics owls ( Strigidae ). The genus includes about 30 species that are distributed worldwide. These are mostly small owls. Most pygmy owl species are nocturnal and hunt mainly large insects and other small prey. In Central Europe, only the eponymous pygmy owl lives ( Glaucidium passerinum ).

Species

The following list presents the various types of Sperlingskäuze.

• Colima Pygmy Owl ( Glaucidium palmarum )
• Sri Lanca - pygmy owl ( Glaucidium ( Taenioglaux ) castanonotum )
• 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 Mountain 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 pygmy owl (Glaucidium cuculoides )
• Gnomish Pygmy Owl ( Glaucidium gnoma )
• Amazonian Pygmy Owl ( Glaucidium hardyi )
• Hoskins pygmy owl ( Glaucidium hoskinsii )
• Andean Pygmy Owl ( Glaucidium jardinii )
• Micro Zwergkauz ( Glaucidium minutissimum ) = Sick Zwergkauz ( Glaucidium sicki ) ( new combination ) according to König & Weick (2008)
• Pernambuco Zwergkauz ( Glaucidium mooreorum ) = Glaucidium minutissimum ( new combination ) according to König & Weick (2008)
• Patagonia pygmy owl ( Glaucidium nanum )
• Cloud Forest Pygmy Owl ( Glaucidium nubicola )
• Zamora - pygmy owl ( Glaucidium parkeri )
• Pygmy owl ( Glaucidium passerinum )
• Perl pygmy owl ( Glaucidium perlatum )
• Peru - pygmy owl ( Glaucidium peruanum )
• Ridgway - pygmy owl ( Glaucidium ridgwayi )
• Tamaulipas Pygmy Owl ( Glaucidium sanchezi )
• Cuba - pygmy owl ( Glaucidium siju )
• Splendour pygmy owl ( Glaucidium sjostedti )
• Rotbrust- pygmy owl ( Glaucidium tephronotum )
• Chaco pygmy owl ( Glaucidium tucumanum )