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ViewsUnspotted Saw-whet OwlFrom Opus
[edit] Identification18 cm. Dark brown above, white markings on the wings, unstreaked buff underparts becoming darker on the upper chest and facial disc, large head, yellow eyes, white-edged facial disc, short tail, broad wings. [edit] DistributionCentral America from southern Mexico south to western Panama, [edit] TaxonomySometimes considered conspecific with the Northern Saw-whet Owl. [edit] HabitatOpen mountain forests, in the cloud forest and higher oak woodland. [edit] BehaviourNocturnal. The diet includes rodents, shrews and other small mammals, but it will also feed on birds, bats and insects. It lays its eggs in a tree hole. [edit] External Links
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