Cactus ferruginous pygmy-owl, Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum gallery

Cactus Ferruginous Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum) photos. These photos are by Aaron Flesch (contact) and Sky Jacobs (contact). If you would like to use them, please contact one of us.

The CFPO is a small owl (6.5 inches) that reaches the northern end of it's range in a small part of southern AZ west of Tucson. Historically in AZ the CFPO inhabited areas from the Phoenix area south and west, and from Tucson in the east to beyond Ajo in the west. As of 2011 they are mostly extirpated from the state outside of Organ Pipe, the Tohono O'odham Nation, and the Altar Valley southwest of Tucson. It ranges through much of the lower elevations of Sonora, but is localized to specific habitats, many of which have seen degradation.