This group has representatives over most of the planet, and the short-eared owl is one of the most widespread of all bird species, breeding in Europe, Asia, North and South America, the Caribbean, Hawaii and the Galápagos Islands.
== Vrste==* "Glaucidium passerinum", mali skovik* "Glaucidium brodiei"* "Glaucidium perlatum"* "Glaucidium californicum"* "Glaucidium gnoma"* "Glaucidium cobanense"* "Glaucidium hoskinsii"* "Glaucidium costaricanum"* "Glaucidium nubicola"* "Glaucidium jardinii"* "Glaucidium bolivianum"* "Glaucidium palmarum"* "Glaucidium sanchezi"* "Glaucidium griseiceps"* "Glaucidium parkeri"* "Glaucidium hardyi"* "Glaucidium mooreorum"* "Glaucidium minutissimum"* "Glaucidium brasilianum"** "Glaucidium (brasilianum) ridgwayi"* "Glaucidium tucumanum"* "Glaucidium peruanum"* "Glaucidium nanum"* "Glaucidium siju"* "Glaucidium tephronotum"* "Glaucidium sjostedti"* "Glaucidium cuculoides"* "Glaucidium castanopterum"* "Glaucidium radiatum"* "Glaucidium castanonotum"* "Glaucidium capense"** "Glaucidium (capense) ngamiense"** "Glaucidium (capense) scheffleri"* "Glaucidium albertinum"* "Glaucidium castaneumv"Domnevno prazgodovinska vrsta ""Glaucidium" dickinsoni" je sedaj priznana kot "Athene cunicularia" (kunčja sova)==Reference==== Zunanje povezave ==* Pygmy owl information* Northern pygmy owl* Northern pygmy owl "eyes in back of head"* Ferruginous pygmy owl* Colima pygmy owl* Eurasian pygmy owl* Big fight over tiny owl - članek CNN/AP o ogroženosti v Aritoni.