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Glaucidium costaricanum (Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl; Costa Rican Pygmy Owl)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Costa Rican pygmy owl (Glaucidium costaricanum) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae.It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.
View Wikipedia Record: Glaucidium costaricanum

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
3
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
21
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 7.52841
EDGE Score: 2.1434
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  67 grams
Male Weight [1]  66 grams
Breeding Habitat [2]  Tropical evergreen forests
Wintering Geography [2]  Non-migrartory
Wintering Habitat [2]  Tropical evergreen forests
Diet [3]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Ectothermic [3]  20 %
Diet - Endothermic [3]  20 %
Diet - Invertibrates [3]  60 %
Forages - Understory [3]  10 %
Forages - Ground [3]  90 %
Clutch Size [4]  3
Nocturnal [3]  Yes
Raptor Research Conservation Priority [5]  54
Snout to Vent Length [1]  6 inches (15 cm)

Important Bird Areas

Name Location  IBA Criteria   Website   Climate   Land Use 
Fortuna Forest Reserve Panama A1, A2, A3
La Amistad International Park Panama A1, A2, A3
Palo Seco Protection Forest Panama A1, A2, A3
Volcán Barú National Park Panama A1, A2, A3

Range Map

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Partners in Flight Avian Conservation Assessment Database, version 2017. Accessed on January 2018.
♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 4del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 5Buechley ER, Santangeli A, Girardello M, et al. Global raptor research and conservation priorities: Tropical raptors fall prey to knowledge gaps. Divers Distrib. 2019;25:856–869. https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12901
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0