Pernambuco Pygmy-owl

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Pernambuco Pygmy-owl
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Glaucidium
Species: G. mooreorum
Binomial name
Glaucidium mooreorum
Silva, Coelho & Gonzaga, 2002

The Pernambuco Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium mooreorum) is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is endemic to Brazil.

This owl is classified as critically endangered by BirdLife International. It is assumed to have a tiny and declining population within an extremely small known range. The population is estimated at less than fifty adult birds.

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