Least Pygmy-owl

Taxobox
name = Least Pygmy-owl


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
status_ref =BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/48571/all Glaucidium minutissimum] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on Sept. 25, 2007.]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Strigiformes
familia = Strigidae
genus = "Glaucidium"
species = "G. minutissimum"
binomial = "Glaucidium minutissimum"
binomial_authority = (Wied-Neuwied, 1821)
synonyms = The Least Pygmy-owl ("Glaucidium minutissimum") is a small owl in the typical owl family.It is found in eastern Brazil and adjacent Paraguay. It inhabits tropical moist evergreen forests and edges as well as open bush canopy.Citation | last = Weick | first = Friedhelm | year = 2006 | title = Owls (Strigiformes): Annotated and Illustrated Checklist | publisher = Springer | page = 164 | isbn = 978-3-540-35234-1] It is the smallest South American owl, averaging at 45 grams (1.6 oz) and 15 cm (6 in).

Some authorities have included in this species those separated here as the Colima Pygmy-owl, Tamaulipas Pygmy-owl, Central American Pygmy-owl, Subtropical Pygmy-owl, and Baja Pygmy-owl.Citation | last = Lepage | first = Denis | year = 2003–2007 | title = Avibase - the world bird database | url = http://www.bsc-eoc.org/avibase/avibase.jsp?pg=summary&lang=EN&id=2D55E32F42539227&ts=1190595344906 | accessdate = Sept. 22, 2007]

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