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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[ | + | [[Pakistan]], [[Bhutan]], [[Nepal]], [[India]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Myanmar]], [[Thailand]], [[China]], [[Hong Kong]], [[Cambodia]], [[Laos]], and [[Vietnam]]. |
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | + | [[Javan Owlet]] has been split from [[Asian Barred Owlet]]. | |
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| − | + | Eight subspecies are recognized<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>: ''cuculoides'', ''austerum'', ''rufescens'', ''bruegeli'', ''delacouri'', ''deignani'', ''whitelyi'', and ''persimile''. | |
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| − | + | Forests mostly in foothills and mountains, but locally also in lowland rainforest. | |
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | + | Active during the day, most vocal in the morning. Fligth is undulating. | |
==References== | ==References== | ||
| − | # | + | # 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 |
| + | # 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 | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Glaucidium+cuculoides}} | {{GSearch|Glaucidium+cuculoides}} | ||
[[Category:Birds]][[Category:Glaucidium]] | [[Category:Birds]][[Category:Glaucidium]] | ||
Revision as of 16:43, 2 January 2009
- Glaucidium cuculoides
Identification
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]: cuculoides, austerum, rufescens, bruegeli, delacouri, deignani, whitelyi, and persimile.
Habitat
Forests mostly in foothills and mountains, but locally also in lowland rainforest.
Behaviour
Active during the day, most vocal in the morning. Fligth is undulating.
References
- 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
- 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
