Eurasian Pygmy Owl
Glaucidium passerinum - Chevêchette d'Europe
Systematics
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Order:
Strigiformes
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Family:
Strigidés
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Genus:
Glaucidium
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Species:
passerinum
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 17 cm
- Wingspan: 34 à 36 cm.
- Weight: 50 à 80 g
Longevity
7 years
Geographic range
Description identification
Eurasian Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium passerinum) is a species of bird in the Strigidae family.
Subspecific information 2 subspecies
- Glaucidium passerinum passerinum (c and n Europe to sw Siberia)
- Glaucidium passerinum orientale (c and e Siberia, Mongolia and ne China)
Foreign names
- Chevêchette d'Europe,
- Mochuelo alpino,
- mocho-anão,
- Sperlingskauz,
- törpekuvik,
- Dwerguil,
- Civetta nana,
- sparvuggla,
- Spurveugle,
- kuvičok vrabčí,
- kulíšek nejmenší,
- Spurveugle,
- varpuspöllö,
- mussolet eurasiàtic,
- Sparrugla,
- sóweczka (zwyczajna),
- apodziņš,
- mali skovik,
- Воробьиный сычик,
- スズメフクロウ,
- 花头鸺鹠,
- 花頭鵂鶹,
Habitat
Forest : Boreal, Temperate ; Shrubland : Boreal, Temperate ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands
Sources of information
- IOC World Bird List (v12.2), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2022.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Aegotheliformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Nyctibiiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podargiformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Steatornithiformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes