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Photo from Pacific Northwest Birding

British Columbia, Canada January 2024

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[–] sxan@midwest.social 12 points 10 months ago (2 children)

What the heck? That's a really tiny owl!

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 15 points 10 months ago

These guys are in the 6-7 inch / 16 cm range.

Elf Owl is about 5 inches / 13cm, still significantly smaller than this little owl.

[–] TheGreenGolem@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

You know what we need...for scale.

[–] anon6789@lemmy.world 12 points 10 months ago

On average, a medium-sized banana is typically about 6 to 8 inches (15 to 20 centimeters) long.

Pygmy is almost exactly one banana.