The mean body weight of this species is 40 g (1.4 oz)

The elf owls seem to not be bothered by scorpion stings

That’s pretty badass

Its weird that the name is Elf in English. Every variation of the owl in Spanish is duende or enano. Obviously in Hispanic folklore we didn’t have have dwarves and elves the same way Germanic cultures did, but both duende and enano translate to dwarf.