Typical Owls (Strigidae)

Guatemalan Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium cobanense) - HBW 5, p. 211

French: Chevêchette du Guatemala German: Guatemalazwergkauz Spanish: Mochuelo Guatemalteco

Taxonomy: Glaucidium cobanense Sharpe, 1875, Cobán, Alta Vera Paz, Guatemala.
Sometimes considered to form superspecies with G. passerinum, G. brodiei, G. perlatum, G. californicum, G. gnoma and G. hoskinsii, but recent DNA evidence clearly shows that G. passerinum and G. californicum are not closely related. Has usually been considered a race of G. gnoma, but separation from latter perhaps currently unwarranted, as vocalizations undescribed. Monotypic.

Distribution: S Mexico (Chiapas), Guatemala and Honduras.