Least Pygmy Owl - Glaucidium minutissimum

Typical calls

Carlos Botelho State Park, Brazil, 2006-04-05

© Antonio Silveira

Status: Uncertain, found to be locally not rare in region between Rio de Janeiro and Santa Catarina. Probably threatened by deforestation.

Original Description: Wied-Neuwied, Prinzen zu Maximilian. 1830. Beiträge zur Naturgeschichte von Brasilien, 3, p. 242.

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