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RAINBIRDER | profile | all galleries >> ASIA >> SRI LANKA >> Sri Lankan Birds >> Endemic Sri Lankan Birds >> Chestnut-backed Owlet (Glaucidium castanonotum) tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Chestnut-backed Owlet (Glaucidium castanonotum)

This small endemic owl is most readily seen at Sinharaja & Kitulgala but also occurs more sparingly in the wet-forested slopes of the hill country including Puhu Aramba near Colombo.
Often active at dawn & in the late afternoon through to dusk it is best located by its characteristic far-carrying call.
Chestnut-backed Owlet  (Glaucidium castanonotum)
Chestnut-backed Owlet (Glaucidium castanonotum)
Chestnut-backed Owlet  (Glaucidium castanonotum)
Chestnut-backed Owlet (Glaucidium castanonotum)
Chestnut-backed Owlet  (Glaucidium castanonotum)
Chestnut-backed Owlet (Glaucidium castanonotum)
Chestnut-backed Owlet  (Glaucidium castanonotum)
Chestnut-backed Owlet (Glaucidium castanonotum)
Chestnut-backed Owlet  (Glaucidium castanonotum)
Chestnut-backed Owlet (Glaucidium castanonotum)