| New World pygmy-owls | |
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| File:Costa Rican Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium costaricanum) on branch.png | |
| Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Inopinaves |
| Clade: | Afroaves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Subfamily: | Surniinae |
| Genus: | Glaucidium |
| Subgenus: | Phalaenopsis Bonaparte, 1854 |
| Type species | |
| Glaucidium [Phalaenopsis] nana (King, 1828) | |
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New World pygmy-owls, Phalaenopsis is a subgenus of owls in the Glaucidium genus. As their namesake, they are only found in the New World.
Taxonomy[]
Species[]
- Subgenus Phalaenopsis
- Northern Pygmy-Owl, Glaucidium gnoma
- Guatemalan Pygmy-Owl, Glaucidium cobanense
- Cuban Pygmy-Owl, Glaucidium siju
- Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl, Glaucidium costaricanum
- Cloud-forest Pygmy-Owl, Glaucidium nubicola
- Andean Pygmy-Owl, Glaucidium jardinii
- Yungas Pygmy-Owl, Glaucidium bolivianum
- Subtropical Pygmy-Owl, Glaucidium parkeri
- Amazonian Pygmy-Owl, Glaucidium hardyi
- Pernambuco Pygmy-Owl, Glaucidium mooreorum
- Least Pygmy-Owl / East Brazilian Pygmy-Owl, Glaucidium minutissimum
- Austral Pygmy-Owl, Glaucidium nana
- Central American Pygmy-Owl, Glaucidium griseiceps
- Tamaulipas Pygmy-Owl, Glaucidium sanchezi
- Colima Pygmy-Owl, Glaucidium palmarum
- Peruvian Pygmy-Owl / Pacific Pygmy-Owl, Glaucidium peruanum
- Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, Glaucidium brasilianum
References[]
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