Ferruginous means rust-colored. I like this photo because it is sharp at the highest resolution.
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Photo Properties
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 5D
Aperture Value
f/5
Color Space
sRGB
Exposure Bias Value
0 EV
Exposure Program
Manual
Flash
Compulsory Flash
Focal Length
190 mm
ISO
400
Metering Mode
Partial
Shutter Speed Value
1/200 sec
Date/Time
Wed 19 Jan 2005 07:46:21 PM EST
English Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
Scientific (Glaucidium brasilianum)
Order STRIGIFORMES
Family (Latin) Strigidae
Family (English) Owls
Other name(s) Ferruginous Pygmy-owl
Breeding Regions NA, MA, SA
Breeding Range Subregions widespread
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Argentina,Belize,Bolivia,Brazil,Colombia,Costa Rica,Ecuador - mainland,El Salvador,French Guiana,Guatemala, Guyana,Honduras,Mexico,Nicaragua,Panama,Paraguay,Peru,Suriname,Trinidad and Tobago,United States - mainland, Uruguay,Venezuela,
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
cactorum s Arizona (USA) to Sonora to n Nayarit (w Mexico)
stranecki c Argentina to s Uruguay
pallens e Bolivia, w Paraguay and n Argentina
brasilianum e Brazil to ne Argentina
ucayalae Amazonia
olivaceum Auyán-tepui (se Venezuela)
duidae Mt. Duida (s Venezuela)
phaloenoides n, e Venezuela, Trinidad and the Guianas
margaritae Margarita I. (off Venezuela)
medianum n Colombia
ridgwayi s Texas (sc USA) to w Panama
intermedium s Nayarit to Oaxaca (w Mexico)
tucumanum w Argentina
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Gmelin, JF, 1788)
German Brasilzwergkauz
French Chevêchette brune
Chinese 棕鸺鹠
Japanese アカスズメフクロウ
Russian Рыжий сычик
Spanish Mochuelo caburé
Portuguese mocho-pigmeu-ferruginoso
Bird Data App text With different shades of brown, {rufous} and grey across its large range.
Show Breeding Range Codes and IUCN Status Codes
Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)