Typical Owls (Strigidae) - HBW 5
Jungle Owlet (Glaucidium radiatum)
French: Chevêchette de jungle
German: Dschungelkauz
Spanish: Mochuelo de Jungla
Other common names: Barred Jungle Owlet
Taxonomy: Strix Radiata Tickell, 1833, jungles of Borahbum and Dholbhum.
Possibly forms superspecies with G. castanonotum, with which has been considered conspecific; although both present in Sri Lanka, they occupy different habitats. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- radiatum (Tickell, 1833) - Himalayas from Himachal Pradesh E to Bhutan, Bangladesh and possibly W Myanmar, and S through India; also Sri Lanka.
- malabaricum (Blyth, 1846) - SW India.
- Least Concern
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A bird giving soft calls on a branch. Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India (ssp malabaricum)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 48 sec 4 -
Different views of a perched bird. Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India (ssp malabaricum)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 5 weeks ago 47 sec 4 -
A bird regurgitating a pellet and being harassed by another bird. Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India (ssp malabaricum)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 5 weeks ago 24 sec 4 -
A bird in a tree, changing to another one two times. Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India (ssp malabaricum)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 5 weeks ago 44 sec 3.7 -
A bird perched in two different trees Sat Tal, Uttarakhand, India (ssp radiatum)
Guus van Duin 30 December 2005 2 years ago 47 sec 3.5 -
A bird perched on a branch Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal (ssp radiatum)
Stefan Behrens 30 November 2003 4 years ago 37 sec 3.5
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A bird perched Masinagudi, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp malabaricum)
vasanthan.p.j 28 January 2010 7 weeks ago 3.8 -
Jungle Owlet, roosting bird. Goa, India (ssp radiatum)
Mark Andrews 1 December 2004 40 weeks ago 3.8 -
A perched bird looking down. Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India (ssp malabaricum)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 5 weeks ago 3.7 -
A bird perched in a Coffee Plantation Masinagudi, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp malabaricum)
vasanthan.p.j 22 January 2010 8 weeks ago 3
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Several soft calls of a bird.
Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India
(ssp malabaricum)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 3 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3.5
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