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    • Glaucidium perlatum
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    • Pearl-spotted Owlet

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What

Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum

Observer

muir

Date

Mar 1, 2002

Description

Prey is as big as predator.

Location and date approximate.

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What

Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum

Observer

muir

Date

Jul 9, 2006 08:22 AM EDT

Description

These photos aren't great, but the two options for this small owl are the African barred owlet and the pearl-spotted owlet.

Although the two black 'false eyes' of the pearl-spotted are not visible (because I don't have a clear picture of the nape), the spotted back and head (as opposed to barred) suggest to me that this is a pearl-spotted rather than a barred.

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What

Pearl-spotted Owlet Glaucidium perlatum

Observer

godutchbaby

Date

Jul 25, 2009

Description

African Safari 2009

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Description from Wikipedia

The Pearl-spotted Owlet (Glaucidium perlatum) is an owl which breeds in Africa south of the Sahara. This species is a part of the larger grouping of owls known as typical owls, Strigidae, which contains most species of owl. The other grouping is the barn owls, Tytonidae.

Source: BirdLife International (2011) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 31/07/2011.