Pygmy owl

Glaucidium passerinum
Owls (Strigidae)

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Very small round owl, brown marked with a lighter coloured eyebrow and chin. The back is dark brown with white markings, breast and belly lighter with dark markings. A rather flat head, under surface wings lighter in colour with dark bands.

Hunts at dusk for mice and small birds.  It gathers and keeps its food in burrows.

⇔ l. 16-17 cm

Smallest of owls, as large as a  PYRRHULA PYRRHULA (Bullfinch) and has a similar call. A resident bird.

LA:
≈ The ATHENE NOCTUA (Little owl) is larger with a more rounded head and a shorter tail. 
≈ The OTUS SCOPS (Eurasian scops owl) is similar in size but thinner with ear tufts.

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