Asian Barred Owlet (Glaucidium cuculoides) | 台北市立動物園資訊網

2020年10月31日—Habits:TheAsianBarredOwletisgenerallyadiurnalbird,oftenfoundperchedonbarebranchesordeadtreestumpsinthefullsunlight,or ...

The Asian Barred Owlet is small owl with a rounded head and no ear-tufts. It is also known as the Cuckoo Owlet.

Description: The face has white eyebrows that extend to the rear of the eyes and a white moustachial streak. Eyes are lemon-yellow. The cere is greenish-horn and the bill yellowish-green. The head and nape are finely spotted pale buff, while the mantle is plain or only weakly barred. The upperside, sides of the head and neck and wing-coverts are dull brown or olive-brown, or faintly tinged rufous, closely barred fulvous-white or dull rufous-white. There is a distinct white patch on the throat, while the breast is barred dark brown and dull fulvous-white. The upper breast has paler brown and pure white bars, the lower part being more streaked than barred. The tail is blackish wi...