Order: Strigiformes | Family: Strigidae | IUCN Status: Least Concern
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonia, Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonia, Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonia, Brazil
Age: Adult | Sex: Unknown | Loc. Amazonia, Brazil
Status: The Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl is fairly common in Amazonia where it ranges to elevations of up to 2000 m along the foothill of the eastern Andes. It also occurs in Co, Ec, Br, and Bo.
Name in Spanish: Lechucita Ferruginosa.
Sub-species: Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium brasilianum ucayalae) Chapman, 1929.
Meaning of Name: Glaucidium: Gr. glaukidion= diminutive of Glaux= little owl, little owl. brasilianum: L. brasilianus= referring to the country of Brazil, Brazilian.

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- Species range based on: Schulenberg, T. S., D. F. Stotz, and L. Rico. 2006. Distribution maps of the birds of Peru, version 1.0. Environment, Culture & Conservation (ECCo). The Field Museum. http://fm2.fieldmuseum.org/uw_test/birdsofperu on 08/01/2015.