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Ridgway's Pygmy Owl - Glaucidium ridgwayi

Formerly a subspecies of Glaucidium brasilianum

 
Calls - Glaucidium ridgwayi
Typical Call G. r. cactorum © Doug Von Gausig

Status: Uncertain, locally common.

Original Description: Sharpe, Richard Bowdler. 1875. Ibis, 3rd Series, vol. 5: p 55, in text. Based on: Ridgway. 1873. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History16: p 93.

Subspecies: G. r. ridgwayi, G. r. cactorum

References:

König, Weick and Becking. 1999. "Owls: A Guide to the Owls of the World". Yale University Press

Page Information:

Page compiled by Deane P. Lewis.

OwlPages.com Owl Species ID: 190.190.000 - Page last updated 2005-04-22

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