Editing Eurasian pygmy owl (section)

==Taxonomy==
The Eurasian pygmy owl was [[Species description|formally described]] by the Swedish naturalist [[Carl Linnaeus]] in 1758 in the [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|tenth edition]] of his ''[[Systema Naturae]]'' under the [[binomial nomenclature|binomial name]] ''Strix passerina''.<ref>{{cite book | last=Linnaeus | first=Carl | authorlink=Carl Linnaeus | year=1758 | title= Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis | volume=1 | edition=10th | page=93 | publisher=Laurentii Salvii | place=Holmiae (Stockholm) | language=Latin | url=http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/726886 }}</ref> The [[type locality (biology)|type locality]] is Sweden.<ref>{{ cite book | editor-last=Peters | editor-first=James Lee | editor-link=James L. Peters | year=1940 | title=Check-List of Birds of the World | volume=4 | publisher=Harvard University Press | place=Cambridge, Massachusetts  | page=127 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14476598 }}</ref> The specific epithet is from [[Latin]] ''passerinus'' meaning "sparrow-like" implying "sparrow sized".<ref>{{cite book | last=Jobling | first=James A. | year=2010| title=The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names | publisher=Christopher Helm | location=London | isbn=978-1-4081-2501-4 | page=294 }}</ref> This owl is now placed in the [[genus]] ''[[Glaucidium (bird)|Glaucidium]]'' that was introduced in 1826 by the German zoologist [[Friedrich Boie]].<ref>{{ cite journal | last=Boie | first=Friedrich | author-link=Friedrich Boie | year=1826 | title=Generalübersicht der ornithologischen Ordnungen, Familien und Gattungen | journal=Isis von Oken | volume=19 | at=cols 969–981 [970] | language=German, Latin | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27511176 }}</ref><ref name=ioc>{{cite web| editor1-last=Gill | editor1-first=Frank | editor1-link=Frank Gill (ornithologist) | editor2-last=Donsker | editor2-first=David | editor3-last=Rasmussen | editor3-first=Pamela | editor3-link=Pamela Rasmussen | date=January 2021 | title=Owls | work=IOC World Bird List Version 11.1 | url=https://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/owls/ | publisher=International Ornithologists' Union | accessdate=24 May 2021 }}</ref>

Two [[subspecies]] are recognised:<ref name=ioc/>
* ''G. p. passerinum'' ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], 1758) – central, north Europe to southwest Siberia
* ''G. p. orientale'' [[Władysław Taczanowski|Taczanowski]], 1891 – central, east Siberia, Mongolia and northeast China