Back Glaucidium Afrikaans حنمة (بومة) Arabic الجلوسيديوم ARZ Glaucidium AST Murtoyuk (Glaucidium) AVK Kaouenn gorr Breton Glaucidium Catalan Glaucidium CEB Sperlingskäuze German Nanaj strigoj Esperanto
| Pygmy owls Temporal range: Late Pliocene to Recent
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| African barred owlet | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Strigiformes |
| Family: | Strigidae |
| Genus: | Glaucidium F. Boie, 1826 |
| Type species | |
| Strix passerina Linnaeus, 1758
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Pygmy owls are members of the genus Glaucidium. They belong to the typical owl family, Strigidae. The genus consists of 29 species distributed worldwide. These are mostly small owls, and some of the species are called "owlets". The genus includes nocturnal, diurnal, and crepuscular species. Birds in this genus mainly hunt large insects and other small prey.[1]
- ^ Heraldo V. Norambuena; Andrés Muñoz-Pedreros (September 2012). "Diurnal Activity of the Austral Pygmy Owl (Glaucidium nana) in Southern Chile". The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 124 (3): 633–635. doi:10.1676/11-118.1.
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