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Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Glaucidium
- Image
- Collared Owlet (Glaucidium brodiei) (48027990903).jpg
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Glaucidium brodiei
- Commons category
- Glaucidium brodiei
- taxon common name
- mochinho-de-coleira
- litter size
- 4.2
- egg incubation period
- 25
- endemic to
- Pakhui Tiger Reserve
- taxon range
- Nanling Mountains
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Encyclopedic overview
The collared owlet (Taenioptynx brodiei), also known as the collared pygmy owl, is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. Its natural habitat is submontane and montane forests with open spaces and is distributed throughout oriental Asia. It is the smallest owl in Asia, at 15 cm (5.9 in) and 60 g (2.1 oz).
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Collared Owlet” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.