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The pearl-spotted owlet (Glaucidium perlatum) is a small bird of prey found in sub-Saharan Africa. They belong to the Strigidae family, otherwise known as the typical owls or the true owls, which contains most species of owl. As part of the genus Glaucidium, or pygmy owls, they are commonly referred to as 'owlets' due to their diminutive size ...
Kurochkin's pygmy owl (Glaucidium kurochkini) is a fossil species known from the La Brea Tar Pits that likely went extinct during the Quaternary extinction. The supposed prehistoric species "Glaucidium" dickinsoni is now recognized as a burrowing owl , probably a paleosubspecies providentiae .
Glaucidium perlatum (Vieillot, 1817) 80 Red-chested owlet: Glaucidium tephronotum Sharpe, 1875: 81 Sjöstedt's barred owlet: Glaucidium sjostedti Reichenow, 1893: 82 Asian barred owlet: Glaucidium cuculoides (Vigors, 1830) 83 Javan owlet: Glaucidium castanopterum (Horsfield, 1821) 84 Jungle owlet: Glaucidium radiatum (Tickell, 1833) 85 Chestnut ...
Pearl-spotted owlet (Glaucidium perlatum) Order: Strigiformes Family: Strigidae. The typical owls are small to large solitary nocturnal birds of prey. They have large forward-facing eyes and ears, a hawk-like beak and a conspicuous circle of feathers around each eye called a facial disk. Eurasian scops-owl, Otus scops
Pearl-spotted owlet, Glaucidium perlatum; Red-chested owlet, Glaucidium tephronotum; African barred owlet, Glaucidium capense (A) Albertine owlet, Glaucidium albertinum; African wood-owl, Strix woodfordii; Abyssinian owl, Asio abyssinicus (A) Marsh owl, Asio capensis
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Tanzania.The avifauna of Tanzania included a total of 1160 confirmed species as of October 2024. Of them, 29 are endemic, and four have been introduced by humans.
Pearl-spotted owlet, Glaucidium perlatum; African scops owl, Otus senegalensis; Southern white-faced owl, Ptilopsis granti; Marsh owl, Asio capensis; African wood owl, Strix woodfordii; Spotted eagle owl, Bubo africanus; Verreaux's eagle owl, Bubo lacteus
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Cameroon.The avifauna of Cameroon include a total of 970 species, of which 10 are endemic.. This list's taxonomic treatment (designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World, 2022 edition.