Least Pygmy-Owl / Glaucidium minutissimum
WBN 
Least Pygmy-Owl
SCI Name:
Protonym: Strix minutissima Beitr.Naturgesch.Brasil. 3 p.242
Taxonomy: Strigiformes / Strigidae / Glaucidium
Taxonomy Code: leapyo1
Type Locality: Interior of the State of Bahia, Brazil.
Author: zu Wied
Publish Year: 1830
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.
minutissima / minutissimum / minutissimus
L. minutissimus extremely small < super. minutus small < minuere to make smaller.
● ex “Petit pic de Cayenne” of Brisson 1760 (Picumnus).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
