Cloud-forest Pygmy Owl
Glaucidium nubicola
VUVulnerable
- Family
- Owls (Strigidae)
- Order
- Strigiformes
Overview
The cloud-forest pygmy owl or cloudforest pygmy owl (Glaucidium nubicola) is a short, muscular, small-sized species of owl found throughout the Andes of western Colombia and north-western Ecuador, being confined to cloud forests between 900–2000 m a.s.l. Below this altitudinal range the Central American pygmy owl (Glaucidium griseiceps) occurs; above it, the Andean pygmy owl (Glaucidium jardinii) occurs.
Its epithet nubicola is Latin for "cloud-inhabiting", because this species is restricted to very humid cloud forests.
Summary from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Range and habitat
Pacific slope of western Andes of Colombia and Ecuador.
Range description: AviList Global Avian Checklist.
Continents
Sources and further reading
- Wikipedia: Cloud-forest pygmy owl
- eBird: sightings, maps and photos
- xeno-canto: sound recordings
- Birds of the World: full species account (subscription)
- BirdLife DataZone: status and threats
- IUCN Red List (threat status)
- AviList global checklist (taxonomy)
Last updated September 29, 2026.
