Collared Owlet

Glaucidium brodiei

The collared owlet 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 and 60 g.
Collared owlet (Glaucidium brodiei) Bukit Fraser, Malaysia. 23 Dec 2016. Collared owlet,Geotagged,Glaucidium brodiei,Malaysia,Winter

Naming

There are four recognized subspecies:
⤷  "Glaucidium brodiei borneense" Sharpe, 1893
⤷  "Glaucidium brodiei brodiei"
⤷  "Glaucidium brodiei pardalotum"
⤷  "Glaucidium brodiei sylvaticum"

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionChordata
ClassAves
OrderStrigiformes
FamilyStrigidae
GenusGlaucidium
SpeciesG. brodiei
Photographed in
Malaysia
Vietnam