Owls

Austral Pygmy Owl

Glaucidium nana

The Austral Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium nana) is a 74 g scrub bird that eats mostly other vertebrates. Some populations migrate.

Family

Owls

Order

Strigiformes

Weight

74 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Vertebrates, fish and carrion

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

2

Recorded in Chile, Argentina.

Where to see it: Las Quemas Altas (Chile); Estero Mantagua (Chile); SN Laguna Batuco (Chile); SN Humedal Río Maipo · Desembocadura (Chile).

Photo: Thomas Fuhrmann, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons