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Tucuman pygmy owl

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Aves

Family
  
Strigidae

Scientific name
  
Glaucidium tucumanum

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Strigiformes

Genus
  
Glaucidium

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Cape pygmy owl, Solomons boobook, Sjöstedt's barred owlet, Yungas screech owl, Yungas pygmy owl

The Tucuman pygmy-owl (Glaucidium tucumanum) is a small South American owl.

It is 16 to 17.5 cm (6.3–7 in.) long and weighs 55 to 60 grams (1.9-2.1 oz.)

Its range is the Gran Chaco region of Bolivia, Paraguay, and Argentina south to Tucumán province and the northern part of Córdoba province. It lives in arid and semi-arid thorny and bushy habitats from 500 meters up to 1500 meters, at some places 1800 meters, above sea level.

Some authorities consider it a subspecies of the ferruginous pygmy-owl, in which case it is called Glaucidium brasilianum pallens. For example, the IUCN does not list it. Among authorities that do consider it a full species are the 2007 Clements Checklist of Birds of the World and the Handbook of the Birds of the World.

References

Tucuman pygmy-owl Wikipedia