Pearl-spotted Owlet

Pearl-spotted Owlet

Taxobox
name = Pearl-spotted Owlet
status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1


image_width = 240px
image_caption = At the National Aviary
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Strigiformes
familia = Strigidae
genus = "Glaucidium"
species = "G. perlatum"
binomial = "Glaucidium perlatum"
binomial_authority = (Vieillot, 1817)

The Pearl-spotted Owlet ("Glaucidium perlatum") is an owl which breeds in Africa south of the Sahara. This species is a part of the larger grouping of owls known as typical owls, Strigidae, which contains most species of owl. The other grouping is the barn owls, Tytonidae.

Pearl-spotted Owlet is a common and easily seen bird in open woodland and savannah. It nests in a hole in a tree, such as a disused barbet nest, laying 2-4 eggs.

The Pearl-spotted Owlet is small (19cm) and stocky, with a longish tail. The upperparts are rich brown, heavily spotted with white. The underparts are white, streaked with brown. The facial disc is white and the eyes are yellow. There are two eyespots on the nape.

Sexes are similar, but young birds are paler with a shorter tail. The flight is deeply undulating.

This species often hunts by day, and can be readily located by the small birds that mob it while it is perched in a tree. It hunts a variety of small prey. The call is a whistled "tu-tu-tu-tu-tu-tu-tu".

References

* Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
* "Birds of The Gambia" by Barlow, Wacher and Disley, ISBN 1-873403-32-1

External links

* [http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/especie.phtml?idEspecie=2680 Pearl-spotted Owlet videos] on the Internet Bird Collection


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