#1005 · 🐦 birds
Eurasian Pygmy-Owl
🇳🇱 Dwerguil ·Glaucidium passerinum
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © photokeen · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 2. © Mikhail Ezdakov · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Serguei Kossenko · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Sergey Yeliseev · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 5. © Соколков Юрий Павлович · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Mikhail Nevsky · CC BY 4.0
- 7. © François-Xavier Taxil · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © François-Xavier Taxil · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Соколков Юрий Павлович · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. © Александр · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
what is it?
The Eurasian pygmy owl ( Glaucidium passerinum ) is the smallest owl in Europe. It is a dark reddish to greyish-brown, with spotted sides and half of a white ring around the back of the neck. This species is found in the boreal forests of Northern and Central Europe to Siberia.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 1 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
- 3,107 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Weighs only about 73 g.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Eurasian Pygmy-Owl
- Nederlands
- Dwerguil
- scientific name
- Glaucidium passerinum
- class
- Aves
- order
- Strigiformes
- family
- Strigidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 1
- sightings in Europe
- 2,522
- sightings worldwide
- 3,107
- GBIF records in NL
- 1,132
- weight
- 73 g
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Strigidae
#0639 📷 8Long-eared Owl
🇳🇱 Ransuil
Asio otus
LC 👀 354 in NL
#0661 📷 10Tawny Owl
🇳🇱 Bosuil
Strix aluco
LC 👀 253 in NL
#0705 📷 10Little Owl
🇳🇱 Steenuil
Athene noctua
LC 👀 152 in NL
#0724 📷 8Short-eared Owl
🇳🇱 Velduil
Asio flammeus
LC 👀 94 in NL
#0737 📷 10Eurasian Eagle-Owl
🇳🇱 Oehoe
Bubo bubo
LC 👀 77 in NL
#0876 📷 8Northern Hawk Owl
🇳🇱 Sperweruil
Surnia ulula
LC 👀 8 in NL
#0899 📷 7Snowy Owl
🇳🇱 Sneeuwuil
Bubo scandiacus
VU 👀 5 in NL
#0901 📷 9Eurasian Scops-Owl
🇳🇱 Dwergooruil
Otus scops
LC 👀 5 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 19848, Wikidata Q191155, GBIF 5232162, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.