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Austral Pygmy Owl
Scientific Name
Glaucidium nanum
Family
Strigidae
Distribution
From Tarapacá to Tierra del Fuego..
Details
Measures 20 cm, has grayish upper parts with white spots and lines. Tail with chestnut transversal stripes. Yello beak and feet. Lives in forests and in the mountains to 2,000 m.
Bibliography
Guia de Campo de Aves de Chile
Braulio Araya y Guillermo Millie
Birds of Southern South America and Antarctica
Martin de la Peña and Maurice Rumboll
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