Burung hantu (Owls)
Jungle Owlet
Glaucidium radiatum
- tidak umum
- 48 km/h
- Risiko rendah
A small daylight owlet that calls from a sunlit branch as freely as a songbird and silences every small bird in earshot. Tiny, barred, and entirely fearless.
- Populasi
- widespread and locally common, often heard at dawn and dusk; reliable population figures not well established
- Habitat
- Deciduous, moist deciduous, and evergreen forests, scrub forest, secondary growth, and wooded plantations, often with dense undergrowth; also found in semi-urban areas with sufficient tree cover.
- Fakta menarik
- Despite being most active at dawn and dusk, the Jungle Owlet sometimes hunts in broad daylight, snatching small Phylloscopus warblers right out of the foliage.
- Sebaran
- Indian subcontinent south of the Himalayas, from Dalhousie in the west across India (including the Western Ghats) to Bhutan and western Myanmar in the east; also occurs in Sri Lanka. Found from lowland plains up to about 2,000 m elevation.
- Makanan
- Carnivorous/insectivorous: mainly insects such as beetles, grasshoppers, and crickets, supplemented by small mammals, reptiles, small birds (including warblers caught in daylight), and rodents.
- Ukuran
- 0,21 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,4 m
- Masa hidup
- 3,4 tahun
