Typical Owls (Strigidae)

Tucuman Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium tucumanum) - HBW 5, p. 218

French: Chevêchette de Tucuman German: Tucumanzwergkauz Spanish: Mochuelo Tucumano

Taxonomy: Glaucidium brasilianum tucumanum Chapman, 1922, Rosario de Lerma, 4800 feet [c. 1600 m], Salta, Argentina.
Considered by some authors to form superspecies with G. brasilianum, G. peruanum and G. nanum. Formerly treated as race of G. brasilianum, but differs in vocalizations and DNA. Race pallens of latter, with adjacent distribution and occupying similar habitat, perhaps better included with present species. Monotypic.

Distribution: NW Argentina from Salta and Tucumán to at least Córdoba.