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'''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 01:34, 26 January 2022
- Taenioptynx brodiei
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
Formerly included in genus Glaucidium
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.
Vocalisation
Recording by Alok Tewari
Recorded early morning
Sat Tal Forest, Alt. 5500 ft., Uttarakhand Himalayas, India, 19 October 2018.
Gallery
Click on photo for larger image
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Lepage D. (2021) [Avibase - https://avibase.ca/8BB833BB]. Retrieved 23 January 2021
- Wikipedia
- Birding in Taiwan
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Collared Owlet. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Collared_Owlet
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.