Typical Owls (Strigidae) - HBW 5
Eurasian Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium passerinum)
French: Chevêchette d’Europe
German: Sperlingskauz
Spanish: Mochuelo Alpino
Other common names: Pygmy Owl/Owlet, Northern Pygmy-owl(!), Old World Pygmy-owl; European Pygmy-owl (passerinum)
Taxonomy: Strix passerina Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Sometimes considered to form superspecies with G. brodiei, G. perlatum, G. californicum and G. gnoma (including recently separated G. cobanense and G. hoskinsii), but DNA evidence clearly shows that present species and G. californicum are not closely related. Race orientale intergrades with nominate in W Siberia and Altai Mts. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- passerinum (Linnaeus, 1758) - from Scandinavia and mountains of S, C & E Europe E across NW & C Russia and Siberia to Sakhalin and NE China.
- orientale Taczanowski, 1891 - C & E Siberia.
- Least Concern
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A female perched, looking for prey Stolowe (Table) Mountains National Park, Lower Silesian Province, Poland (ssp passerinum)
Romuald Mikusek 30 June 2002 4 years ago 21 sec 4.7 -
A juvenile owlet just after leaving the nest-hole Stolowe (Table) Mountains National Park, Lower Silesian Province, Poland (ssp passerinum)
Romuald Mikusek 30 June 2002 4 years ago 26 sec 4.5 -
A bird in a tree, looking around Oslo, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (ssp passerinum)
Eric Roualet 14 October 2005 4 years ago 16 sec 4.2
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A bird on a branch Bialowieza Forest, Podlaskie Province, Poland
Jean Hupperetz 23 May 2009 9 weeks ago 4 -
Adult perched. Tartu, Tartu County, Estonia
Jack Piper 2 May 2005 1 year ago 3 -
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A bird on the top of a spruce at dusk Ask, Oslo & Akershus, Norway (ssp passerinum)
Eric Roualet 25 December 2008 1 year ago 2.8 -
A bird in the top of a spruce. Oulu Province, Finland (ssp passerinum)
Dc.Owl 8 June 2009 38 weeks ago 2.5 -
Adult Perched. Tartu, Tartu County, Estonia
Jack Piper 2 May 2005 1 year ago 2
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An adult calling. Bulgaria
(ssp passerinum)
Iva Hristova 10 October 2009 15 weeks ago 2
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