Collared Owlet

Also known as Glaucidium brodiei

species of bird

Species

Least Concern

via IUCN

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Encyclopedic overview

The collared owlet (Taenioptynx brodiei), also known as the collared pygmy owl, is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. Its natural habitat is submontane and montane forests with open spaces and is distributed throughout oriental Asia. It is the smallest owl in Asia, at 15 cm (5.9 in) and 60 g (2.1 oz).

Taxonomy

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Collared Owlet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.