Eurasian Pygmy-Owl

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl / Glaucidium passerinum

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl

Here the details of the Eurasian Pygmy-Owl named bird below:

SCI Name:  Glaucidium passerinum
Protonym:  Strix passerina Syst.Nat.ed.10 p.93
Taxonomy:  Strigiformes / Strigidae /
Taxonomy Code:  eupowl1
Type Locality:  Europe, restricted type locality Sweden, ex Fn. Suec.
Author:  
Publish Year:  1758
IUCN Status:  

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.

passerinum / passerinus
L. passerinus  sparrow-like (i.e. sparrow-sized, small)  < passer, passeris  sparrow (see passerina).
● "44. PSITTACUS.  ...  passerinus.  37. P. brachyurus luteo virens, macula alarum alisque subtus cæruleis. Mus. Ad. Fr. I. p. 14.  Habitat in America.  Magnitudo Passeris.  Remiges subtus & tectrices alarum primariæ cæruleæ.” (Linnaeus 1758) (Forpus).
● "42. STRIX.  ...  passerina.  11. S. capite lævi, remigibus albis: maculis quinque ordinum. Fn. Svec. 53.  Noctua minima. Gesn. av. 620. Aldr. ornith. l. 8. c. 7. Will. ornith. 69. t. 13. Raj. av. 26. n. 6. Alb. av. 2. p. 12. t. 12. Frisch. av. t. 100.  Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (Glaucidium).
● ex “Petit pic de S. Domingue” of Brisson 1760 (Veniliornis).

SUBSPECIES

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl (passerinum)
SCI Name: Glaucidium passerinum passerinum
passerinum / passerinus
L. passerinus  sparrow-like (i.e. sparrow-sized, small)  < passer, passeris  sparrow (see passerina).
● "44. PSITTACUS.  ...  passerinus.  37. P. brachyurus luteo virens, macula alarum alisque subtus cæruleis. Mus. Ad. Fr. I. p. 14.  Habitat in America.  Magnitudo Passeris.  Remiges subtus & tectrices alarum primariæ cæruleæ.” (Linnaeus 1758) (Forpus).
● "42. STRIX.  ...  passerina.  11. S. capite lævi, remigibus albis: maculis quinque ordinum. Fn. Svec. 53.  Noctua minima. Gesn. av. 620. Aldr. ornith. l. 8. c. 7. Will. ornith. 69. t. 13. Raj. av. 26. n. 6. Alb. av. 2. p. 12. t. 12. Frisch. av. t. 100.  Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (Glaucidium).
● ex “Petit pic de S. Domingue” of Brisson 1760 (Veniliornis).

Eurasian Pygmy-Owl (orientale)
SCI Name: Glaucidium passerinum orientale
orientale / orientalis
L. orientalis  eastern, oriental  < oriens, orientis  east.
Asia; ex “Anser moschoviticus” of Albin 1731-1738, and “Anser chinensis” of Linnaeus 1747 (syn. Anser cygnoides).
● India; ex Ardea antigone Linnaeus, 1758, “Grus orientalis” of Brisson 1760, and “Indian Crane” of Latham 1785 (syn. Antigone antigone).
 East Indies (= Seram and New Guinea); ex “Casoar des Indes orientales” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 313 (syn. Casuarius casuarius).
● India; ex “Eastern Parrot” of Latham 1781 (?syn. Eclectus roratus).
● East Indies (= Amboina); ex “Coucou noir des Indes” (= ♂) and “Coucou tacheté des Indes” (=♀) of Brisson 1760 (subsp. Eudynamys scolopaceus).
● East Indies (=Java); ex “Rollier des Indes” of Brisson 1760 (Eurystomus).
● East Indies; ex “Merula indica” of Brisson 1760, “Merle des Indes Orientales” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 273, fig. 2, and “Ash-rumped Thrush” of Latham 1783 (syn. Lalage nigra).
● India; ex “Indian Bee-eater” and “Coromandel Bee-eater” of Latham 1782-1787 (Merops).
● Asia; ex “Onocrotalus” or “Pelecanus” of previous authors (syn. Pelecanus onocrotalus).
● "91. TETRAO.  ...  orientalis.  12. T. pedibus antice pilosis: abdomine gulaque atra, collari ferrugineo, cauda cuneiformi.  Tetrao orientalis. Hasselq. it. 278. n. 43.  Perdix damascena. Will. orn. 128.  Francolin. Tournef. it. I. p. 158. t. 158.  Habitat in Oriente." (Linnaeus 1758) (Pterocles).
● China; ex “Tourterelle brune de la Chine” of Sonnerat 1782, and “Chinese Turtle” of Latham 1783 (Streptopelia).
● China; ex “China Owl” of Latham 1801 (syn. Strix seloputo).