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Wet forests and riverside forest edges, gardens, well wooded ravines; breeds in humid hill country. | Wet forests and riverside forest edges, gardens, well wooded ravines; breeds in humid hill country. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | + | It is shy and wary, and as it frequents the tops of tall trees, usually on steep hillsides, it is seldom seen. It is very diurnal in habits, often hunting and calling in broad daylight. | |
====Breeding==== | ====Breeding==== | ||
The breeding season is from March to May, the eggs being laid on the bare wood in a hole in the trunk or limb of a tree.The two glossy white eggs measure about 35 × 28.2 mm. | The breeding season is from March to May, the eggs being laid on the bare wood in a hole in the trunk or limb of a tree.The two glossy white eggs measure about 35 × 28.2 mm. | ||
====Diet==== | ====Diet==== | ||
| − | The | + | The Chestnut-backed Owlet feeds mainly on insects, such as beetles, but also captures mice, small lizards, and small birds, on occasion; most likely, the larger vertebrate forms of prey are taken only when young are being fed. |
====Vocalisation==== | ====Vocalisation==== | ||
Call: a slow ''kraw-kraw''. | Call: a slow ''kraw-kraw''. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
#{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#Avibase | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#Avibase | ||
Revision as of 02:00, 1 October 2011
- Glaucidium castanonotum
Identification
19cm
- Chestnut brown, dark barred upperparts
- White, heavily barred, brown underparts
- Chestnut scapulars and wing coverts
- Brown facial disc
- White neckband
- Bright yellow iris
- Pale yellow feet
Sexes similar
Distribution
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1] which is sometimes considere a subspecies of Jungle Owlet[2].
Habitat
Wet forests and riverside forest edges, gardens, well wooded ravines; breeds in humid hill country.
Behaviour
It is shy and wary, and as it frequents the tops of tall trees, usually on steep hillsides, it is seldom seen. It is very diurnal in habits, often hunting and calling in broad daylight.
Breeding
The breeding season is from March to May, the eggs being laid on the bare wood in a hole in the trunk or limb of a tree.The two glossy white eggs measure about 35 × 28.2 mm.
Diet
The Chestnut-backed Owlet feeds mainly on insects, such as beetles, but also captures mice, small lizards, and small birds, on occasion; most likely, the larger vertebrate forms of prey are taken only when young are being fed.
Vocalisation
Call: a slow kraw-kraw.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- Avibase
- Wikipedia
- Endemic Birds of Sri Lanka
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Chestnut-backed Owlet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 18 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Chestnut-backed_Owlet
