It is in the genus Glaucidium, the pygmy owls, which are widely distributed across the Americas, Africa, and Eurasia.

[4] The holotype for the species is located at the Department of Zoology at the Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil.

[6] The main call of the Amazonian pygmy owl consists of repeated, short, high-pitched tweets.

The Amazonian pygmy owl occurs in the central and southwestern areas of the Amazonia region.

[12] The habitat for the Amazonian pygmy owl is the canopy and subcanopy of tall, humid, tropical evergreen forests.

A large cicada and a small unidentified bird were both brought back to the nest and fed to the young.

The adults were seen panting with half-open beaks during the hottest hours of the day and frequently sang a soft, descending, high-pitched trill of notes.

[16] Research has shown canopy loss and fragmentation in the Amazon basin due to selective logging.