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title: "Coruja-anã"
description: "Glaucidium gnoma — Aves. The northern pygmy owl (Glaucidium gnoma) is a small owl native to western North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/northern-pygmy-owl
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Coruja-anã

> Glaucidium gnoma — Aves. The northern pygmy owl (Glaucidium gnoma) is a small owl native to western North America.

- Scientific name: *Glaucidium gnoma*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 3672
- Wikidata: [Q1034956](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1034956)
- iNaturalist taxon: [19812](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/19812)

## Names

- en: Northern Pygmy-Owl
- de: Gnomenkauz
- es: Tecolote serrano
- fr: Chevêchette naine
- nl: Noordamerikaanse dwerguil
- pt: Coruja-anã
- pl: Sóweczka dwuplamista

## Countries with the most observations

US (2306), CA (772), MX (294), GT (17), HN (7)

## Summary

The northern pygmy owl (Glaucidium gnoma) is a small owl native to western North America. Seven subspecies are accepted, of which three have sometimes been treated as separate species.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_pygmy_owl

## Photo

![Coruja-anã](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/northern-pygmy-owl/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kyle Nessen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/19812

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/northern-pygmy-owl?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).