Cloud-forest pygmy-owl

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The Cloud-forest pygmy-owl is classified as Vulnerable (VU), considered to be facing a high risk of extinction in the wild.

The Cloud-forest Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium nubicola) is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. In Spanish, it is called mochuelo ecuatoriano. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. References - * BirdLife International 2004. Glaucidium nubicola. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007. More

The Cloud-forest Pygmy-Owl is the latest new discovery to result from Robbins' work in Ecuador. During the past decade, Robbins has described four new bird species to science. Because birds are perhaps the best known group of organisms, the discovery of a new species is a relatively rare event, with an average of only one new species described every year. Robbins' and Stiles' work is based on analysis of the birds' vocalizations and on specimens accumulated since 1987. More

we discovered the Cloud-forest Pygmy-Owl, loggers were rapidly felling trees. I'm sure that site has been completely cleared." Contact Dann Hayes, University Relations, (785) 864-8855, dhayes@ukans.edu -30- - | KU Home Page | KUfacts | KU University Relations" Home Page | KU News - This site is maintained by University Relations, the public relations office for the University of Kansas Lawrence campus. More

Cloud-forest Pygmy-Owl, taken with permission from the cover of The Auk 116, 2 (1999). Cover plate, painting, More

Cloud-forest Pygmy-Owl seen on the trail; Hook-billed Kites adult pair plus juvenile seen daily near Guest House; Powerful Woodpecker; Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan - family of 3 seen daily at Guest House; Yellow-breasted and Moustached Antpitta seen on the trails; Western Hemispingus, Scaled Fruiteater, Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch eating bananas at banana feeders. More

natural history museum: The Cloud-forest Pygmy-Owl and the Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl had previously http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCList.html Classification of birds of South America; Composite List: Black-banded Owl Ciccaba albitarsis, Rufous-banded Owl Glaucidium nubicola, Cloudforest http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline03.html Classification of birds of South America Part 03: Owl 15b Ciccaba albitarsis Rufous-banded Owl 16 Glaucidium nubicola Cloudforest http://www-odp.tamu.edu/~dillard/chilebrd.html Chile Bird trip: Red Night-Heron, Black-crowned Ibis, Buff-necked Condor, Andean Harrier, Cinereous http://www.dartmouth.edu/~cavnet/argentina. More

This Cloud-forest Pygmy-Owl was giving its distinctive double-toot pattern, but it has spotting on the breast, including the sides of the breast, a feature it is not meant to have. (D1) Andean Pygmy-Owl - Glaucidium jardinii Andean Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium jardinii Tandayapa Pass, Pichincha province, Ecuador. In NW Ecuador, it replaces Cloud-forest Pygmy-Owl (G. nubicola) above about 2000 m. This is a nice rufous morph. More