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| Forest Owlet Heteroglaux blewitti
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| Photographer : | © Peter Kaestner |
| Location : | Melghat Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra, India |
| Date : |
19 January 2008 |
| English synonyms: | Forest Spotted Owlet, Forest Spotted Owl |
| Bird Family : | Strigidae - Typical Owls |
| Bird Group : | STRIGIFORMES |
| Red Data Status : | Critically Endangered |
| Remarks : | Juvenile A - one of two recently fledged birds. The bird is the white spot in the top of the tree, one tenth of the way down the image and 60% across. According to Nanda Ram, a local, the birds had fledged three or four days previously. - PK |
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