Guatemalan Pygmy-owl

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Guatemalan Pygmy-owl
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Glaucidium
Species: G. cobanense
Binomial name
Glaucidium cobanense
Sharpe. 1875

The Guatemalan Pygmy-owl, Glaucidium cobanense, is a small owl from Central America. It is often considered to be a subspecies of Mountain Pygmy-owl, Glaucidium gnoma.

[edit] References

  • Duncan, James R.. 2003. Owls of the World: Their Lives, Behavior and Survival. Firefly Books
  • elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Auk/v011n01/p0039-p0045.pdf Descriptions Of Five New Birds From Mexico