Glaucidium brasilianum
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The ferruginous pygmy owl (Glaucidium brasilianum) is a species of small owl found in the southwestern United States, extending south through Mexico, Central America, and into South America, including countries like Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay and Argentina.
It is the most widely distributed species of pygmy owl in Central and South America and is believed to be one of the most common owls in these regions, where it lives in a variety of semi-open wooded habitats. The ferruginous pygmy owl was formally described in 1788 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. The species was originally assigned the binomial name Strix brasiliana, grouping it with other owls under the genus Strix. Although Gmelin did not directly cite it, his original description ultimately derived from the "Caburé", a small owl documented in 1648 by German naturalist Georg Marcgrave in his work Historia Naturalis Brasiliae. The ferruginous pygmy owl is currently classified alongside 28 other small owls in the genus Glaucidium, introduced in 1826 by German zoologist Friedrich Boie. The genus name derives from the Ancient Greek... Wikipedia →
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tegucigalpa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 2 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | |
| 3 | San Pedro Sula | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 4 | Fortaleza | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Monterrey | 🇲🇽 México | |
| 6 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 8 | Maceió | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 9 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Managua | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua |
| # | Zoo / Centre | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parque Zoobotânico Getúlio Vargas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Amaru | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 3 | Complejo Turistico de Quistococha | 🇵🇪 Peru | |
| 4 | Aviario Nacional de Colombia | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Mangal das Garças | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Monkey Park | 🇪🇸 Spain | |
| 7 | Parque dos Falcões | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl sighting in Brasilia on a given day, based on 30 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 88th most-seen of the 141 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 20%, if each day is a fresh chance.
July
In that month about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl in Brasilia on a given day, against under 5% in August to June, the lowest months. That is one of Brasilia's driest months, with almost no rain against 220 mm in December.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
16th of 25
Of the 25 cities where we can rate Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl sightings, Brasilia ranks 16th at under 5%. The best odds are in Tegucigalpa (Honduras, about 30%), San Salvador (El Salvador, about 20%) and San Pedro Sula (Honduras, about 20%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl is recorded against all the birds logged in Brasilia (30 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
