Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Photo Gallery
Small owl with round head lacking ear tufts. Body color ranges from cinnamon to grayish-brown. Crown has fine whitish streaks. Whitish underparts have thick streaks that often merge on the sides and top of the breast.
© Santiago Carvalho / Macaulay LibraryCerro Largo, May 11, 2016Body color ranges from grayish-brown to cinnamon. Wings have large white spots. Whitish underparts have thick streaks that often merge on the sides, creating a pattern with three prominent vertical white lines.
© Brian Henderson / Macaulay LibraryMato Grosso, August 27, 2016Song is a series of monotonous tooting notes, easily imitated by whistling.
© Jay McGowan / Macaulay LibraryGuárico, December 27, 2012Not all videos have soundDark facial disc is streaked with white. Whitish eyebrows vary in size. Iris is lemon yellow. Bill is greenish yellow.
© Ian Davies / Macaulay LibraryQuintana Roo, January 14, 2014Found in many habitats across its range, including Sonoran desert scrub in Arizona.
© Walker Noe / Macaulay LibraryArizonaActive during the daytime and at night; most active at dawn and dusk.
© Walker Noe / Macaulay LibraryArizonaTypical pygmy-owl shape—round head (without ear tufts), plump body, and long tail.
© Gilberto Flores-Walter (Feathers Birding) / Macaulay LibraryFrancisco Morazán, December 05, 2015Upperparts can vary from cinnamon to grayish-brown. Birds with cinnamon upperparts have cinnamon-and-brown barring on the tail.
© Matthew Bell / Macaulay LibraryPuntarenas, May 31, 2016
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