Glaucidium radiatum (Jungle owlet)
Glaucidium radiatum – Jungle owlet (click to enlarge)
Jungle owlet(click to enlarge)
| Common name | Jungle Owlet |
| Scientific name | Glaucidium radiatum |
| Family | Tytonidae |
| Description | General effect as of the Spotted Owelt, but dark brown above conspicuously barred (not spotted) with pale rufous. Underparts rufous and white, closely barred with blackish brown. Sexes alike. Singly, in open deciduous forest. Resident in Himachal Pradesh and also common in Shimla area. Crepuscular and nocturnal, but apparently little inconvenienced by sunlight and frequently on the move in daytime. |