Collared Owlet

Collared Owlet
Collared Owlet
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Glaucidium
Species: G. brodiei
Binomial name
Glaucidium brodiei
(Burton, 1836)

The Collared Owlet (Glaucidium brodiei) is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is the smallest owl in Asia, at 15 cm (6 in) and 60 grams (2.1 oz).

There are 4 recognized subspecies at the moment:[2]

  • Glaucidium brodiei borneense Sharpe, 1893
  • Glaucidium brodiei brodiei (Burton, 1836)
  • Glaucidium brodiei pardalotum (Swinhoe, 1863)
  • Glaucidium brodiei sylvaticum (Bonaparte, 1850)

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