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Spotted owlet
Athene brama
10.7589, 78.8132
Field Notes
Description:
The spotted owlet is a small and stocky bird, barely 21 centimetres (8.3 in) in size. The upperparts are grey-brown, heavily spotted with white. The underparts are white, streaked with brown. The facial disc is pale and the iris is yellow. There is a white neckband and supercilium. Sexes are similar. The flight is deeply undulating. The nominate form is darker than the paler forms such as indica of drier regions.
Habitat:
Spotted on a neem tree (Indian Lilac) inside IIM trichy campus, Tamilnadu.
Notes:
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Spotted owlet
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedOctober 9, 2016
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