Spotted Owlet (Athene brama)

Bangladesh (B), Bhutan (B), Cambodia (B), India (B), Iran [Islamic Republic of] (B), Laos (B), Myanmar (B), Nepal (B), Pakistan (B), Thailand (B), Vietnam (B).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (46)...)

Spotted Owlet (Athene) [XC517682]
by Rajgopal Patil from Kurul, Alibag Taluka, Raigad District, Maharashtra, India (call)

Spotted Owlet (Athene) [XC591485]
by Sandip das from Bengaluru, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India (uncertain)

Subspecies
Probably forms superspecies with Little Owl (Athene noctua). Birds from north-eastern Assam sometimes separated subspecifically as ultra. Putative Tibetan form "poikila" apparently referable to Boreal Owl (Aegolius funereus).

The following 6 subspecies are recognised:

albida (Temminck, 1821) - Southern Iran and southern Pakistan; possibly also southern Afghanistan.
indica (Franklin, 1831) - Northern and central Indian Subcontinent.
brama (Temminck, 1821) - Southern India.
pulchra Hume, 1873 - Myanmar, Thailand (except southern half of peninsula), southern Laos, Cambodia and southern Vietnam.
ultra Ripley, 1948 - Assam (north-eastern India).
mayri Deignan, 1941 - Northern, eastern Myanmar, Thailand, southern Laos, Cambodia and southern Vietnam.

References
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Files:

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