Long-whiskered Owlet - BirdForum Opus

Photo by guiacalles
Fundo Alto Nieva, Peru, December 2013

Xenoglaux loweryi

Identification

13-14cm

• Brown facial disc
• White eyebrows
• Brown uuper parts with small darker mottling
• Lower nape has large white spots
• Deep grey flight feathers with white markings
• Brown tail with lighter and darker mottling
• Under parts are similar, but with white markings
• Orange-brown eyes
• Pinkish-grey cere

Greenish-grey bill with a yellowish tip

• Pink toes
• Horn-coloured talons horn with darker tips

Distribution

South America: found only in northern Peru (Amazonas and San Mart¡n)

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species^[1].

Photo by WilsonDiaz
Abra Patricia, Peru , 2011

Habitat

Sub-tropical cloud forest.

Behaviour

It is mostly crepuscular.

Diet

Diet includes insects.

References

1. Clements, JF. 2011. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to August 2011. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/downloadable-clements-checklist
2. Planet of Birds

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Long-whiskered Owlet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 1 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Long-whiskered_Owlet

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