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Eurasian pygmy owl

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Glaucidium passerinum, the smallest Eurasian owl.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: mussolet eurasiàtic — Glaucidium passerinum
  • Chinese Mandarin: 花头鸺鹠 (huā-tóu xiū-liú) — Glaucidium passerinum
  • Czech: kulíšek nejmenší — Glaucidium passerinum
  • Danish: spurveugle — Glaucidium passerinum
  • Dutch: dwerguil — Glaucidium passerinum
  • Estonian: värbkakk — Glaucidium passerinum
  • Finnish: varpuspöllö — Glaucidium passerinum
  • French: chevêchette d'Europe — Glaucidium passerinum
  • German: Sperlingskauz — Glaucidium passerinum
  • Greek: σπουργιτόγλαυκα (spourgitóglafka) — Glaucidium passerinum
  • Hungarian: törpekuvik — Glaucidium passerinum
  • Icelandic: sparrugla — Glaucidium passerinum
  • Italian: civetta nana — Glaucidium passerinum
  • Japanese: スズメフクロウ (suzumefukurou) — Glaucidium passerinum
  • Kazakh: байғызша (baiğyzşa) — Glaucidium passerinum
  • Mongolian: ᠪᠣᠰᠯᠢᠭ ᠰᠦᠯᠢᠭ᠌ (bosliɣ sülig) — Glaucidium passerinum
  • Norwegian: spurveugle — Glaucidium passerinum
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sporveugle — Glaucidium passerinum
  • Polish: sóweczka — Glaucidium passerinum
  • Polish: sóweczka zwyczajna — Glaucidium passerinum
  • Portuguese: mocho-pigmeu — Glaucidium passerinum
  • Russian: воробьиный сычик (vorobʹinyj syčik) — Glaucidium passerinum
  • Slovak: kuvičok vrabčí — Glaucidium passerinum
  • Spanish: mochuelo alpino — Glaucidium passerinum
  • Swedish: sparvuggla — Glaucidium passerinum
  • Turkish: serçe baykuşu — Glaucidium passerinum
  • Ukrainian: сичик-горобець євразійський (syčyk-horobecʹ jevrazijsʹkyj) — Glaucidium passerinum
  • Welsh: cordylluan — Glaucidium passerinum