Pearl-spotted Owlet

Glaucidium perlatum - Chevêchette perlée

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Strigiformes

  • Family
    :

    Strigidés

  • Genus
    :

    Glaucidium

  • Species
    :

    perlatum

Descriptor

Vieillot, 1817

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 20 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 61 à 147 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Chevêchette perlée
adult
Chevêchette perlée
adult

Pearl-spotted Owlet (Glaucidium perlatum) is a species of bird in the Strigidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Glaucidium perlatum perlatum (Senegal and Gambia to w Sudan)
  • Glaucidium perlatum licua (e Sudan and Ethiopia to South Africa, Namibia and Angola)

Foreign names

  • Chevêchette perlée,
  • Mochuelo perlado,
  • mocho-perlado,
  • Perlzwergkauz,
  • gyöngyös törpekuvik,
  • Geparelde Dwerguil,
  • Civettina perlata,
  • pärlsparvuggla,
  • Savanneugle,
  • kuvičok perlovaný,
  • kulíšek perlový,
  • Plettet Spurveugle,
  • savannivarpuspöllö,
  • Witkoluil,
  • mussolet perlat,
  • sóweczka sawannowa,
  • Жемчужный воробьиный сыч,
  • アフリカスズメフクロウ,
  • 珠斑鸺鹠,
  • 珠斑鵂鶹,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Chevêchette perlée
adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 15-03-2013
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