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Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
Glaucidium brasilianum · Family Strigidae
Glaucidium brasilianum
Family Strigidae
- Order
- Strigiformes
- Family
- Strigidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 286,555
- Countries and territories with records
- 24
About this species
This species has 286,555 occurrence records from 24 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from Mexico (29.3%), Honduras (10.4%), Brazil (10.3%), Costa Rica (10.3%) and Colombia (5.2%); together they account for 65.6% of the total. In Mexico, this species accounts for 0.35% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Glaucidium brasilianum combines the genus name Glaucidium with the species epithet brasilianum. The Warbla app catalog lists 26 species of the genus Glaucidium; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Glaucidium passerinum, Glaucidium radiatum and Glaucidium gnoma.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 217 species of the family Strigidae. This species ranks 12th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Bubo virginianus. Its record count is 5.5 times the family average (52,528). The family Strigidae belongs to the order Strigiformes, which has 233 species in the Warbla app catalog.