barred jungle owlet

[Prasanth Sreenivasan]

taken in my backyard. has been looking to catch this guy for a long time, since it is difficult spot them during the day time. only the unusual call from it among other bird calls alerted me to look for it.

Canon SX20IS, 1/125 sec, f/5.7, ISO 200, 100 mm

[Mrudul Godbole]

Nice sighting. Good eye contact. Its good you got it with the eyes wide open, as usually during the day they are sleeping. Thanks for sharing.

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Cute fellows. I love their eyes. Good that you could sight it. Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Difficult sighting.Good image.Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

P.S.:Please try to provide Scientific Name,if possible in cases of uncommon birds.Its a Jungle Owlet(Glaucidium radiatum).As the term 'Barred' is added, we had to recheck with Asian Barred Owlet(Glaucidium cuculoides).

[Prasanth Sreenivasan]

thanks everyone. i believe these are another sub-species of Glaucidium radiatum called Glaucidium radiatum malabaricum(Malabar Jungle owlet) which are usually found in Kerala and the western ghats. they seem to be active during day time also since i saw one of them catching a fly, even though they are believed to be much active during dawn and dusk.