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[[Asia]]: found in [[Afghanistan]], [[China]], [[Tibet]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]], Eastern and Western [[Himalayas]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], [[Taiwan]]<br /> | [[Asia]]: found in [[Afghanistan]], [[China]], [[Tibet]], [[Nepal]], [[Pakistan]], [[India]], Eastern and Western [[Himalayas]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Bhutan]], [[Taiwan]]<br /> | ||
'''Southeast Asia''': [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]], [[Cambodia]], [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]], [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Brunei]], [[Borneo]], [[Indonesia]], [[Greater Sundas]] and [[Sumatra]]. | '''Southeast Asia''': [[Indochina]], [[Myanmar]], [[Laos]], [[Vietnam]], [[Cambodia]], [[Thailand]], [[Malaysia]], [[Malay Peninsula]], [[Brunei]], [[Borneo]], [[Indonesia]], [[Greater Sundas]] and [[Sumatra]]. | ||
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Revision as of 23:49, 17 September 2013
- Glaucidium brodiei
Identification
15cm - 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.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, B.L. Sullivan, C. L. Wood, and D. Roberson. 2013. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.8., with updates to August 2013. 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 4 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Collared_Owlet
