It depends on your definition of the word pygmy.

"Pygmy" is most associated with peoples of Central Africa, such as the Aka, Efé and Mbuti, but if the term pygmy is defined as a group's men having an average height below 1.55 meters (5 feet 1 inch), then there are also pygmies in the following countries:

• Papua New Guinea
  
• Indonesia
  
• Malaysia
• Australia
  
• Thailand
  
• the Andaman Islands
  
• the Philippines
  
• Bolivia
  
• Brazil
  

Usually, pygmy animals are smaller than others in the same species. Some pygmy bird species include the following:

• Ferruginous pygmy owl
• Pygmy nuthatch
• Pygmy goose (several species)
• Pygmy cormorant