Current view: Data table and detailed info
Taxonomic source(s)
del Hoyo, J., Collar, N.J., Christie, D.A., Elliott, A. and Fishpool, L.D.C. 2014. HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World. Volume 1: Non-passerines. Lynx Edicions BirdLife International, Barcelona, Spain and Cambridge, UK.
IUCN Red List criteria met and history
Red List criteria met
Red List history
Migratory status |
not a migrant |
Forest dependency |
high |
Land-mass type |
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Average mass |
- |
Population justification: Partners in Flight estimated the population to number fewer than 50,000 mature individuals (A. Panjabi in litt. 2017), thus it is placed in the band 20,000-49,999 mature individuals here.
Trend justification: Habitat loss through logging is known to occur within the species's range (König and Weick 2008); a remote sensing study found that forest was lost at a rate of 2% over three generations (11.4 years) between 2000 and 2012 within the species's range (Tracewski et al. 2016). Partners in Flight report a small or non-significant population decline since the 1970s (A. Panjabi in litt. 2017). Pronatura (2012) estimates that the population has declined by 15-49% in 30 years, which equates to a decline of 6-23% over three generations. Further research is needed to confirm the magnitude of the declines.
Country/territory distribution
Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBA)
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Tamaulipas Pygmy-owl Glaucidium sanchezi. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/tamaulipas-pygmy-owl-glaucidium-sanchezi on 23/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 23/11/2024.