Eurasian Pygmy-Owl
Glaucidium passerinum
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Birds
The Eurasian pygmy owl is the smallest owl in Europe. It is dark reddish to greyish-brown, with spotted sides and half of a white ring around the back of the neck. This species is found in the boreal forests of Northern and Central Europe to Siberia.
Classification
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Strigiformes
- Family
- Strigidae
- Genus
- Glaucidium