Asian-Barred Owlet


 

Bengali: à¦–ুঁড়ুলে পেঁচা 

Scientific Name: Glaucidium Cuculoides

IUCN: Least Concern

Descriptions: Lack contrasting rusty wing color, barring on upper parts more broadly spaced, barring on belly usually more broken, turning to streaking on lower flanks. Often waves tail from side to side. It has false eye spot the back of the head.

Food: Beetles, Grasshoppers and other large insects. Lizard, Mice and small birds also taken. Also observe Common Quail in the air Like Hawk.

Habitation: Its natural habitat is in temperate forests.

Distribution: Its ranges across North Central and Northeast India, Nepal, Bhutan, North Bangladesh and South-East Asia.