Pearl-spotted owl (Glaucidium perlatum) perching in a tree. This small owl reaches a length of less than 20 centimetres and so it is often termed an owlet. It is a carnivorous predator that hunts its prey of arthropods,lizards,snakes and small mammals mainly at dawn and dusk. It is also active during the day and on moonlit nights. It has a whistled call and inhabits open woodland and scrubland in Africa below the Sahara. It is common in southern Africa. Photographed in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park of Botswana and South Africa | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Camacho, Tony |
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