African Barred Owlet vs Bearded Screech-owl

Glaucidium capense verglichen mit Megascops barbarus

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Merkmal African Barred Owlet Bearded Screech-owl
Wissenschaftlicher Name Glaucidium capense Megascops barbarus
Ordnung Strigiformes Strigiformes
Familie Strigidae Strigidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 27,8 cm (10.9 in) 27,2 cm (10.7 in)
Gewicht 148,16666666666666 g (5.23 oz) 67,25 g (2.37 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 2-3 4-5
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

African Barred Owlet only

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Bearded Screech-owl only

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Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

African Barred Owlet

Least Concern

Bearded Screech-owl

About These Birds

African Barred Owlet

The African Barred Owlet weighs about 148g and inhabits woodland across sub-Saharan Africa. Active by day as well as night, it hunts insects, small reptiles, and birds with great agility.

Bearded Screech-owl

The Bearded Screech-owl is a small owl found in the highland cloud forests of the Sierra Madre de Chiapas in Mexico and western Guatemala. It has brownish, cryptically patterned plumage with fine barring and elongated ear tufts. Like other screech-owls, it hunts small invertebrates and vertebrates at night in dense montane forest.

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