Pernambuco Pygmy-Owl
Glaucidium mooreorum
nDiscovered in Brazil in 2002.
nHabitat – fragmented secondary forest in Northeastern Brazil.
nFirst recorded in 1990 – without the realization that it was new to science.
nTiny owl, measuring 6 inches from bill to tail and weighing just 2 ounces. Crown is dark brown with white spots, back dark reddish brown, tail is dark brown with 5 horizontal white bands that look like irregular white spots, the abdomen is white with light reddish brown streaks.
nClosely related to the Amazonian Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium hardyi and the Least Pygmy-Owl.
nPopulation estimate is undocumented.
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