Typical Owls (Strigidae)

Collared Owlet (Glaucidium brodiei) - HBW 5, p. 210

French: Chevêchette à collier German: Wachtelkauz Spanish: Mochuelo Acollarado
Other common names: Pygmy Owl/Owlet, Collared Pygmy Owlet, Collared/Banded Pygmy-owl

Taxonomy: Noctua Brodiei Burton, 1836, Simla, Himalayas.
Sometimes considered to form superspecies with G. passerinum, G. perlatum, G. californicum and G. gnoma (including recently separated G. cobanense and G. hoskinsii), but DNA evidence clearly shows that G. passerinum and G. californicum are not closely related. Four subspecies recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

  • brodiei (Burton, 1836) - from N Pakistan through Himalayas to SE Tibet, N Indochina, S, C & E China (including Hainan), and S to Malaysia.
  • pardalotum (Swinhoe, 1863) - Taiwan.
  • peritum (Bonaparte, 1850) - Sumatra.
  • borneense Sharpe, 1893 - Borneo.