Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Typical Owls :: Pearl-spotted Owlet

Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum

Described by: Vieillot (1818)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): None known by website authors

Photographs

Tarangire National Park, Tanzania - Feb 2, 2010 © Hans&Judy Beste  Tarangire National Park, Tanzania - Feb 2, 2010 © Hans&Judy Beste  Botswana - Aug, 1999 © Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi  South Africa - Date unknown © Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi  Kruger National Park, South Africa - Jul, 2008 © Jean-Philippe Paris 
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Range

Africa s. of the Sahara;
Isolated populations in w. Africa;
(1) Senegambia, s. Mauritania e. across s. Mali, s. Niger, s. Chad to the Cameroon.
(2) Ne. and e. sub-Saharan Africa s. from c. and s. Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea and s. Somalia s. to n. and e. South Africa.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

No sounds are available for this species

References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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