Pernambuco pygmy owl

Pernambuco pygmy owl

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)
CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Glaucidium
Species:
G. mooreorum
Binomial name
Glaucidium mooreorum
Silva, Coelho & Gonzaga, 2003
Distribution of Pernambuco pygmy owl
  Resident

The Pernambuco pygmy owl (Glaucidium mooreorum) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. This species, first described in 2002, is endemic to Pernambuco state in Brazil.