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.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched in a trunk looking around. Locality Dong, Chiayi County, Taiwan (ssp pardalotum)
Josep del Hoyo 20 April 2011 9 weeks ago 22 sec 4.4 -
A close-up of an individual on a broken branch, also defecating. Locality Pangot, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India (ssp brodiei)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 February 2008 3 years ago 52 sec 4.3 -
A close view of this day-active owl, perched in a pine tree. Locality Pangot, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India (ssp brodiei)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 February 2008 3 years ago 48 sec 4.3 -
standing on the tree Locality Taichung County, Taiwan
Vicky Cheng 15 February 2012 4 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 1 min 8 sec 4.3 -
Frontal view of an individual perched in a tree and flying away. Locality Dong, Chiayi County, Taiwan (ssp pardalotum)
Josep del Hoyo 20 April 2011 9 weeks ago 19 sec 4.3 -
A bird perched in a tree looking around. Locality Dong, Chiayi County, Taiwan (ssp pardalotum)
Josep del Hoyo 20 April 2011 9 weeks ago 22 sec 4
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A bird perched in a tree.
Locality Dong, Chiayi County, Taiwan (ssp pardalotum)
Josep del Hoyo 20 April 2011 9 weeks ago 3.8 -
A bird perched
Locality Lingmethang Road, Bhutan (ssp brodiei)
Arthur Grosset 5 April 2008 2 years ago 3.5 -
On a day roost.
Locality Sengor, Lhuntse District, Bhutan (ssp brodiei)
Ken Havard 22 April 2011 14 weeks ago 3.4 -
Collared Owlet (Glaucidium brodiei)
Locality Dehradun District, Uttarakhand, India
Guy Poisson 20 November 2006 1 year ago 2
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Call. Locality Rueiyan River Reserve, Ren-ai, Nantou County, Taiwan
herve jacob 11 October 2011 22 weeks ago 3
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