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Typical Owls (Strigidae)

Peruvian Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium peruanum) - HBW 5, p. 218

French: Chevêchette du Pérou German: Peruzwergkauz Spanish: Mochuelo Peruano

Taxonomy: Glaucidium peruanum König, 1991, Ninabamba (2100 m), Apurímac, Peru.
Considered to form superspecies with G. brasilianum, G. tucumanum and G. nanum. Recently separated from G. brasilianum based on bioacoustical analysis and DNA evidence. Even more recent research suggests that populations currently included in present species actually constitute two species, one on Pacific slope and the other on Amazonian slope; they differ markedly in morphology and, particularly, vocalizations; name peruanum is applicable to birds of Amazonian slope; scientific description of form from Pacific slope currently in preparation (see page 84). P.. View all taxonomy...

Taxonomy: Glaucidium peruanum König, 1991, Ninabamba (2100 m), Apurímac, Peru.
Considered to form superspecies with G. brasilianum, G. tucumanum and G. nanum. Recently separated from G. brasilianum based on bioacoustical analysis and DNA evidence. Even more recent research suggests that populations currently included in present species actually constitute two species, one on Pacific slope and the other on Amazonian slope; they differ markedly in morphology and, particularly, vocalizations; name peruanum is applicable to birds of Amazonian slope; scientific description of form from Pacific slope currently in preparation (see page 84). Probably constitutes two species, both apparently monotypic.

Distribution: W Ecuador (Manabí) S through W Peru to N Chile; also E of Andes in extreme SE Ecuador (Zamora-Chinchipe) and Marañón drainage of Peru.

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