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Guatemalan Pygmy Owl

Glaucidium cobanense

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Strigidae

The northern pygmy owl (Glaucidium gnoma) is a small owl native to western North America. Seven subspecies are accepted, of which three have sometimes been treated as separate species. Taxonomy The northern pygmy owl was formally described in 1832 by the German naturalist Johann Georg Wagler under the current binomial name Glaucidium gnoma based on a specimen collected in Mexico.

Distribution

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