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Northern Pygmy-owl

Glaucidium gnoma

Classification

Class
Aves
Family
Strigidae

The northern pygmy owl (Glaucidium californicum) is a small owl native to western North America. Taxonomy Some taxonomic authorities, including the International Ornithologists' Union, separate this species from the mountain pygmy owl, the Baja pygmy owl, and the Guatemalan pygmy owl, while others, such as the American Ornithological Society, do not recognize the split and consider this bird conspecific with the group, with the northern pygmy owl taking the English name for them all. Furthermore, if the group is considered conspecific, G.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 33,696Canada · 6,605Mexico · 2,493