Guatemalan pygmy owl

Guatemalan pygmy owl
Guatemalan pygmy owl (left)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Strigiformes
Family:Strigidae
Genus:Glaucidium
Species: G. cobanense
Binomial name
Glaucidium cobanense
Sharpe. 1875
Synonyms

Glaucidium gnoma cobanense

The Guatemalan pygmy owl (Glaucidium cobanense) is a small owl from Central America. It is considered a distinct species by some authorities, including the International Ornithologists' Union. Others, including the American Ornithological Society, consider it to be a subspecies of northern pygmy owl.

References

  1. ↑ BirdLife International (2016). "Glaucidium cobanense". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T61791597A95181252. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T61791597A95181252.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  • Duncan, James R. (2003) Owls of the World: Their Lives, Behavior and Survival. Firefly Books
  • E. W. Nelson, T. S. Palmer (1894). "Descriptions of Five New Birds From Mexico". Auk. 11 (1): 39–45. doi:10.2307/4067626.
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