This small owl is 16–20 cm long. It lives in highland pine, pine-oak, and cloud forest and is active at night.
It is 16–20 cm long.
It lives in highland pine, pine-oak, and cloud forest at roughly 1,400–2,500 m and is active at night. Its diet is described as mainly invertebrates.
The feet are unfeathered and bright pink.
The eyes are bright yellow, and the head has small ear tufts.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.