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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. The flight is deeply undulating. The nominate form is darker than the paler forms such as indica of drier regions.

Habitat:

Spotted on a neem tree (Indian Lilac) inside IIM trichy campus, Tamilnadu.

Notes:

Videos Link : https://youtu.be/9q5rpdDL6HM

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3 Comments

Jim Nelson
Jim Nelson 7 years ago

Great photography!

Nidhin Basheer
Nidhin Basheer 7 years ago

Thanks Ava T-B

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 7 years ago

Nice video.

Nidhin Basheer
Spotted by
Nidhin Basheer

Tamil Nadu, India

Spotted on Oct 9, 2016
Submitted on Oct 9, 2016

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