Owls

Pearl-spotted Owlet

Glaucidium perlatum

The Pearl-spotted Owlet (Glaucidium perlatum) is a 79 g scrub bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Owls

Order

Strigiformes

Weight

79 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

21

Recorded in South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Botswana, Tanzania, Gambia, Zimbabwe, Senegal, Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, Ethiopia, Benin, Malawi, eSwatini, Angola, Burkina Faso, Rwanda, Mozambique, Cameroon.

Where to see it: Niamey, Niger centre / Office (Niger); Etosha NP · Halali Camp (use game drive hotspot for drives) (Namibia); Ondudu Lodge (formerly Erongo Wilderness) (Namibia); Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso); Kalana (Mali).

Photo: (c) Peter Archdale, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist