Collared owlet
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| Species: | G. brodiei
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| Glaucidium brodiei (Burton, 1836)
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The collared owlet (Glaucidium brodiei) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. 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 (5.9 in) and 60 g (2.1 oz).
Subspecies
There are four recognized subspecies:[2]
- Glaucidium brodiei borneense Sharpe, 1893
- Glaucidium brodiei brodiei (Burton, 1836)
- Glaucidium brodiei pardalotum (Swinhoe, 1863)
- Glaucidium brodiei sylvaticum (Bonaparte, 1850)
See also
- Elf owl, the smallest owl
- Mountain pygmy owl, another very small owl
References
- ^ Template:IUCN
- ^ "Glaucidium brodiei". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 26 October 2011.
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