Size: 7 inches
Overall Color: gray/brown and white
Occurrence: open woods, forest edge
Diet: birds, small mammals
Nest: tree cavity
Field Identification: diurnal hunter, small owl, yellow eyes
Season: year-round
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Strigiformes
Family: 38 Strigidae (typical owls)
Genus: Glaucidium
Species: gnoma
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