Northern Pygmy Owl
Glaucidium gnoma
Taxonomy
- Order
- Strigiformes
- Family
- Strigidae
- Genus
- Glaucidium
- eBird Code
- nopowl
Taxonomy Changes
Glaucidium californicum → Glaucidium gnoma
Subspecies lump — GBIF Backbone Taxonomy uses the former name; AviList 2025 uses the current name.
Vocalizations
Subspecies (7)
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Glaucidium gnoma californicum
central British Columbia to southwestern USA and northwestern Mexico
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Glaucidium gnoma cobanense
mountains of southern Mexico (Chiapas) to Guatemala and Honduras
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Glaucidium gnoma gnoma
southeastern Arizona to highlands of Mexico (Chihuahua to Oaxaca)
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Glaucidium gnoma grinnelli
coniferous forest of southeastern Alaska to northern California
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Glaucidium gnoma hoskinsii
mountains of southern Baja California
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Glaucidium gnoma pinicola
Rocky Mountains (west-central USA)
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Glaucidium gnoma swarthi
Vancouver Island
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.