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genus

Glaucidium

Glaucidium is a genus in the family Strigidae. This database currently files 30 species under it, 2 of them threatened.

Species filed
30
Threatened
2
Countries recorded
0
With a free photo
50%
Weight range
45.7 g – 198.2 g

Best-known members of Glaucidium

Ranked by popularity score.

LC, Least Concern
Javan owlet (Glaucidium castanopterum)

Javan owlet

Glaucidium castanopterum

Strigidae

How threatened is Glaucidium?

29 of 30 species filed here have an IUCN category on record.

IUCN categorySpeciesShare of assessed
CRCritically Endangered13%
VUVulnerable13%
NTNear Threatened310%
LCLeast Concern2483%

All species in Glaucidium

Common nameScientific nameFamilyStatusWeightCountries
Eurasian pygmy owlGlaucidium passerinumStrigidaeLeast Concern57.9 gNot recorded
Asian barred owletGlaucidium cuculoidesStrigidaeLeast Concern198.2 gNot recorded
Jungle owletGlaucidium radiatumStrigidaeLeast Concern101 gNot recorded
African barred owletGlaucidium capenseStrigidaeLeast Concern122 gNot recorded
Mountain pygmy owlGlaucidium gnomaStrigidaeLeast Concern61.3 gNot recorded
Pearl-spotted owletGlaucidium perlatumStrigidaeLeast Concern79.2 gNot recorded
Ferruginous pygmy owlGlaucidium brasilianumStrigidaeLeast Concern63.3 gNot recorded
Javan owletGlaucidium castanopterumStrigidaeLeast Concern198.2 gNot recorded
Cuban pygmy owlGlaucidium sijuStrigidaeLeast Concern69.5 gNot recorded
Amazonian pygmy owlGlaucidium hardyiStrigidaeLeast Concern58.3 gNot recorded
Andean pygmy owlGlaucidium jardiniiStrigidaeLeast Concern66.9 gNot recorded
East Brazilian pygmy owlGlaucidium minutissimumStrigidaeLeast Concern50 gNot recorded
Yungas pygmy owlGlaucidium bolivianumStrigidaeLeast Concern63 gNot recorded
Chestnut-backed owletGlaucidium castanotumStrigidaeNear Threatened100 gNot recorded
Costa Rican pygmy owlGlaucidium costaricanumStrigidaeLeast Concern66 gNot recorded
Central American pygmy owlGlaucidium griseicepsStrigidaeLeast Concern50.6 gNot recorded
Austral pygmy owlGlaucidium nanaStrigidaeLeast Concern73.7 gNot recorded
Cloud-forest pygmy owlGlaucidium nubicolaStrigidaeVulnerable77.5 gNot recorded
Red-chested owletGlaucidium tephronotumStrigidaeLeast Concern87.4 gNot recorded
Pernambuco pygmy owlGlaucidium mooreorumStrigidaeCritically Endangered51 gNot recorded
Colima pygmy owlGlaucidium palmarumStrigidaeLeast Concern45.7 gNot recorded
Pacific pygmy owlGlaucidium peruanumStrigidaeLeast Concern62.4 gNot recorded
Tamaulipas pygmy owlGlaucidium sancheziStrigidaeNear Threatened55 gNot recorded
Subtropical pygmy owlGlaucidium parkeriStrigidaeLeast Concern61.4 gNot recorded
Sjöstedt's barred owletGlaucidium sjostedtiStrigidaeLeast Concern139 gNot recorded
Albertine owletGlaucidium albertinumStrigidaeNear Threatened73 gNot recorded
Northern pygmy owlGlaucidium californicumStrigidaeLeast Concern70.5 gNot recorded
Baja pygmy owlGlaucidium hoskinsiiStrigidaeLeast Concern61.3 gNot recorded
Guatemalan pygmy owlGlaucidium cobanenseStrigidaeLeast Concern61.3 gNot recorded
Not recordedGlaucidium exploratorStrigidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded