Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Spotted owlet

Athene brama

Description:

The spotted owlet is a small and stocky bird, barely 21 centimetres (8.3 in) in size. The upper parts 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.

Species ID Suggestions



Sign in to suggest organism ID

2 Comments

Roy Arun
Roy Arun 5 years ago

Welcome sir..

Tukup
Tukup 5 years ago

Great shot Roy. Thanks.

Roy Arun
Spotted by
Roy Arun

West Bengal, India

Spotted on Mar 18, 2019
Submitted on Mar 29, 2019

Related Spottings

Burrowing Owl Burrowing Owl Spotting Athene cunicularia

Nearby Spottings

Rusty millipede Asian koel (Male)-কোকিল Pariah kite 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗲 Moth
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team