Baja Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium hoskinsii)
About the Baja Pygmy Owl
The northern pygmy owl (Glaucidium gnoma) is a small owl native to western North America. Seven subspecies are accepted, of which three have sometimes been treated as separate species. The northern pygmy owl was formally described in 1832 by the German naturalist Johann Georg Wagler under the current binomial name Glaucidium gnoma based on a specimen collected in Mexico. The specific epithet is from modern Latin gnomus meaning "gnome", "dwarf" or "pygmy".
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 16 recordings for this species: 11 CC BY-NC-ND · 5 CC BY-NC-SA. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Mexico in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Andean Pygmy OwlGlaucidium jardiniirecording
- Austral Pygmy OwlGlaucidium nanarecording
- Central American Pygmy OwlGlaucidium griseicepsrecording
- Colima Pygmy OwlGlaucidium palmarumrecording
- Eurasian Pygmy OwlGlaucidium passerinumrecording
- Ferruginous Pygmy OwlGlaucidium brasilianumrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.