Central American Pygmy-Owl

SCI Name:  Glaucidium griseiceps
Protonym:  Glaucidium griseiceps Ibis p.41 pl.2 fig.2
Taxonomy:  Strigiformes / Strigidae / Glaucidium
Taxonomy Code:  capowl1
Type Locality:  Veragua [Panama] and Chisec and Choctum, Guatemala, restricted to the tropical lowlands of Alta Vera Paz by Griscom, antea, p. 42.
Author:  Sharpe
Publish Year:  1875
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

GLAUCIDIUM
(Strigidae; Ϯ Northern Pygmy Owl G. passerinum) Gr. γλαυκιδιον glaukidion  little owl, owlet  < dim. γλαυξ glaux, γλαυκος glaukos  owl; "IV. Fam. Strigidae   ...  Glaucidium: St. nana Tem; passerina Lin. u. a. m." (Boie 1826); "Glaucidium Boie, Isis von Oken, 1826, Bd. 2, col. 970. Type, by subsequent designation, Strix passerina Linné (Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 6)." (Peters, 1940, IV, p. 127).
Var. Gaucidium.
Synon. Microglaux, Microptynx, Noctua, Nyctipetes, Phalaenopsis, Smithiglaux, Taenioglaux, Taenioptynx.

griseiceps
Med. L. griseum  grey; L. -ceps  -headed  < caput, capitis  head.

SUBSPECIES

Central American Pygmy-Owl (occultum)
SCI Name: Glaucidium griseiceps occultum
occulta / occultum / occultus
L. occultus  hidden, concealed  < occulere  to conceal.

Central American Pygmy-Owl (griseiceps)
SCI Name: Glaucidium griseiceps griseiceps
griseiceps
Med. L. griseum  grey; L. -ceps  -headed  < caput, capitis  head.

Central American Pygmy-Owl (rarum)
SCI Name: Glaucidium griseiceps rarum
rarum / rarus
L. rarus  rare, infrequent.