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Spotted owlet

Athene brama

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.

Habitat:

Spotted on a neem tree inside IIM Trichy campus. They come out at night near the street lamps catch moths and other insects.

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Nidhin Basheer
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Nidhin Basheer

Tamil Nadu, India

Spotted on Jan 23, 2017
Submitted on Jan 23, 2017

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