Northern Pygmy-Owl

Glaucidium gnoma

Order

STRIGIFORMES

Family

True Owls (Strigidae)

Code 4

NOPO

Code 6

GLAGNO

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Hooked
Eye Color: Clouded lemon yellow in juveniles; Deep yellow in adults.
Head Pattern: Eyeline, Spotted, Unique pattern
Crown Color: Rust-brown to gray-brown with fine white spotting.
Forehead Color: Rust-brown or gray-brown with fine white spotting and white eyebrows.
Nape Color: Two black spots bordered in white.
Throat Color: White
Cere color: Gray

BODY

Length Range: 18-19 cm (7-7.5 in)
Weight: 62 g (2.2 oz)
Size: 2. Small (5 - 9 in)
Color Primary: Brown
Underparts: White with dark streaking.
Upperparts: Rust-brown to gray-brown and may have white spotting.
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Striped or streaked
Breast Pattern: Spotted or speckled

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Undulating flight., Bursts of quick wingbeats.
Wingspan Range: 30 cm (12 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Notched Tail
Tail Pattern: Brown overall with faint spotting.
Upper Tail: Rust-brown to gray-brown.
Under Tail: White
Leg Color: Feathered in buff-white.

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