Showing posts with label Owlet. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Owlet. Show all posts
Jungle Owlet
Bengali: ছোটো কালপেঁচা
Scientific Name: Glaucidium Radiatum
IUCN: Least Concern
Descriptions: Contrasting rusty color of barring on primaries and secondaries, barring on upperparts narrowly spaced, barring below usually extend to include flanks and belly.
Food: Mainly Insects, small rodents,, Locusts, Grasshopper, Lizard, Snake, Frogs, Bird Eggs.
Habitat: Open tropical and Sub-tropical forests.
Distribution: Found South of Himalayas and some parts of Himalayas an elevation up-to 2000m. East to Bhutan.
Asian-Barred Owlet
Bengali: খুঁড়ুলে 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.
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