Collared Pygmy Owlet on a Quercus oak tree in Landour, Uttarakhand. 6th February, 2014.
Glaucidium brodiei resides across the Himalaya and north-east India. it is really tiny and barred heavily. It has a spotted crown, with streaking on the flanks and an owl-faced pattern on the upper mantle (visible as eyes behind the head). Found in temperature and sub-tropical forests, for the most part.
The call - a four note whistle with a quicker middle two notes is one that we often hear, whistle back and get a res