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Collared
Owlet |
Glaucidium
brodiei |
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regional races (polytypic)
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-G.
b. brodiei |
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| Glaucidium brodiei brodiei |
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This
pretty little owlet is found throughout the Himalayas, from 3,000
or 4,000 feet, to a considerable elevation. It is not rare about Darjeeling,
and its low monotonous call or whistle of two notes may be frequently
heard at night-fall. It is hence called ‘the melancholy bird’
at some of our hill stations. Hutton found the nest in a hollow tree
at Mussooree, in May, containing three round white eggs. It lives
chiefly on beetles and other insects.
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