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[[Image:CollaredOwletBPB.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Biju.P.B|Biju.P.B}}<br />Yotong La, [[ Bhutan]], April, 2015]] | [[Image:CollaredOwletBPB.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Biju.P.B|Biju.P.B}}<br />Yotong La, [[ Bhutan]], April, 2015]] | ||
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It nests in a tree cavity. 4 white eggs are laid and both parents feed the young. | It nests in a tree cavity. 4 white eggs are laid and both parents feed the young. | ||
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| + | Image:Collared_Owlet.jpg|Photo by {{user|China+guy|China guy}}<br />Qingcheng mountains, [[China]]]] | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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#Wikipedia | #Wikipedia | ||
#Birding in Taiwan | #Birding in Taiwan | ||
Revision as of 01:05, 13 November 2016
- Glaucidium brodiei
Identification
15–17 cm (6-6¾ in) - Smallest Asian owl
- Large round head
- Rufous brown or grey body
- Dark brown bars on back, wings, tail, sides of upper breast
- White lower breast and belly
- Dark brown spots on sides
- Creamy-buff spots on head
- White throat with a brown bar
- Buff collar
- Two orange and black eye spots on back of neck
Distribution
Asia: found in Afghanistan, China, Tibet, Nepal, Pakistan, India, Eastern and Western Himalayas, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Taiwan
Southeast Asia: Indochina, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Malay Peninsula, Brunei, Borneo, Indonesia, Greater Sundas and Sumatra.
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 4 subspecies[1]:
- G. b. brodiei:
- Pakistan to southern China, south-eastern Tibet, northern Indochina and Malay Peninsula
- G. b. pardalotum:
- G. b. peritum:
- G. b. borneense:
Two additional subspecies garoense and sylvaticum are not generally recognised[2].
Habitat
Evergreen montane forests.
Behaviour
Most active at dusk and night.
Diet
The diet includes small birds, rodents, large insects and lizards.
Breeding
It nests in a tree cavity. 4 white eggs are laid and both parents feed the young.
Gallery
Click on photo for larger image
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Wikipedia
- Birding in Taiwan
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Collared Owlet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 25 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Collared_Owlet
