Strigiformes / Strigidae / Glaucidium

Northern Pygmy Owl

Glaucidium gnoma

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Glaucidium californicum → Glaucidium gnoma

Subspecies lump — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.

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Glaucidium gnoma californicum

central British Columbia to southwestern USA and northwestern Mexico
Glaucidium gnoma cobanense

mountains of southern Mexico (Chiapas) to Guatemala and Honduras
Glaucidium gnoma gnoma

southeastern Arizona to highlands of Mexico (Chihuahua to Oaxaca)
Glaucidium gnoma grinnelli

coniferous forest of southeastern Alaska to northern California
Glaucidium gnoma hoskinsii

mountains of southern Baja California
Glaucidium gnoma pinicola

Rocky Mountains (west-central USA)
Glaucidium gnoma swarthi

Vancouver Island

Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.