Birds of Ecuador - Glaucidium


Ferruginous Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium brasilianum) Barquisimeto, Venezuela Brown morph.
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Ferruginous Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium brasilianum medianum) Los Flamencos Wildlife Sanctuary, Camarones, La Guajira, Colombia Grey morph.
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Ferruginous Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium brasilianum) Costa Rica Rufous morph
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With different shades of brown, rufous and grey across its large range.


Central American Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium griseiceps) Laguna Lagarto Lodge, Boca Tapada, Costa Rica Note brown-grey head color vs. other Pygmy Owls.
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Andean Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium jardinii) Tatama National Park, Pueblo Rico, Risaralda, Colombia Comes in brown and rufous.
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Andean Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium jardinii) Tatama National Park, Pueblo Rico, Risaralda, Colombia Fake eyes on back of head to scare predators.
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Cloud-forest Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium nubicola) Vulnerable ProAves Tangaras Reserve, El Carmen de Atrato, Choco, Colombia
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Found in a narrow and wet altitude range around 1500m on the western Andean slope. Brown with spotted head (immature unspotted).
Believed to be an unspotted immature.


Subtropical Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium parkeri) Pantiacolla Ridge, Madre de Dios, Peru
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Pacific Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium peruanum) Ecuador
Photograph by Stephen G. Davis © All Rights Reserved.

Split from Ferruginous Pygmy Owl because of vocal differences. Found in dry scrub.