Brahma Owl
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Brahma Owl (Athene brama) |
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The Brahma owl ( Athene brama ) is an owl that is distributed from southern Iran via India and Sri Lanka to Indochina . It belongs to the genus of the little owl .
description
At 21 cm it is quite small and stocky. The top is gray-brown and spotted white. The underside is dashed white and brown. The face is light white with eye-catching eyebrows and the eyes are yellow. The neck is marked with a white band. The sexes look the same.
Way of life
The Brahma Owl is a common inhabitant of open habitats, including open wooded areas, farmland, and human settlements at altitudes up to 1400 m above sea level. It is nocturnal, but you can sometimes watch it during the day. Smaller birds that spot him will often attack him while he is crouching in a tree. It hunts a wide variety of insects and small vertebrates. His reputation is a rough chirurr-chirurr-chirurr . It breeds in tree hollows and the clutch consists of three to five eggs.
literature
- J. Del Hoyo, A. Elliot, J. Sargatal (Eds.): Handbook of the Birds of the World . Volume 5: Barn-Owls to Hummingbirds. Lynx Edicions, 1999, ISBN 84-87334-25-3 .
- Claus König, Friedhelm Weick: Owls of the World. 2nd Edition. Christopher Helm, London 2008, ISBN 978-0-7136-6548-2 .
Web links
- Eulenmanie.de - Brahma Owl ( Memento from April 30, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- Videos, photos and sound recordings of Athene brama in the Internet Bird Collection
- Athene brama inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Listed by: BirdLife International, 2012. Retrieved February 2, 2014.