Asian Barred Owlet - BirdForum Opus

Glaucidium cuculoides

Photo by pN'd
Photo taken: Chantaburi, Thailand

Distribution

Pakistan, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, China, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.

Taxonomy

Javan Owlet has been split from Asian Barred Owlet.

Eight subspecies are recognized^[1]:

• G. c. cuculoides:

• Himalayas (north-eastern Pakistan and Kashmir to western Sikkim)

• G. c. austerum:

• Eastern Sikkim to Bhutan, north-eastern Assam and north-western Myanmar

• G. c. rufescens:

• North-eastern India, Bangladesh and northern Myanmar

• G. c. bruegeli:

• Southern Myanmar and southern Thailand

• G. c. delacouri:

• Northern Indochina

• G. c. deignani:

• South-eastern Thailand and southern Indochina

• G. c. whitelyi:

• Sichuan, Yunnan and south-eastern China south of Yangtze to north-eastern Vietnam

• G. c. persimile:

• Hainan (southern China)

Habitat

Forests mostly in foothills and mountains, but locally also in lowland rainforest.

Behaviour

Active during the day, most vocal in the morning. Flight is undulating.

References

1. Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
2. König, C., F. Weick, & J.-H. Becking. 1999. Owls - a guide to the owls of the world. Yale University Press. ISBN 0300079206 was checked for several of the sections

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