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ShrublandCavity nestMedium · 75 g
What the Ferruginous Pygmy Owl sounds like
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The ferruginous pygmy owl is small, typically 15 cm (5.9 in), and stocky with disproportionately large feet and talons. The crown has elongated white/buff streaks, the wing coverts have white spots, and the underparts are heavily streaked white. There are prominent white supercilia above the facial disc. There are two dark spots on the nape, often termed "false eyes" by birders. Otherwise, its overall color is highly variable, ranging from grey-brown with a black-and-white barred tail to rich rufous with a uniform rufous tail. Voice: The call is a whistled hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo, usually in E flat. It is easily imitated, and is used by birdwatchers to attract small birds intent on mobbing the pygmy owls.
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When to see the Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
The map shades 21 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in French Guiana.
About the Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
The ferruginous pygmy owl is a small owl that breeds in south-central Arizona and southern Texas in the United States, south through Mexico and Central America, to South America into Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina.
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Easily confused with
Eurasian Pygmy OwlGlaucidium passerinumThe Eurasian pygmy owl is usually red-tinged to a greyish-brown with dots on its back.
Jungle OwletGlaucidium radiatumThis small owlet has a rounded head and is finely barred all over.
Northern Pygmy OwlGlaucidium gnomaThe adult mountain pygmy owl is approximately 15–17 cm (5.9–6.7 in) in length.
Side by side: Eurasian Pygmy Owl vs Ferruginous Pygmy Owl · Ferruginous Pygmy Owl vs Jungle Owlet · Ferruginous Pygmy Owl vs Northern Pygmy Owl
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