Athene brama FAMILY STRIGIDAE Habitat: Open areas including farmland and cities with human inhabitation Distribution: Tropical Asia from India to southeast Asia Diet: Insects, small vertebrates such as mice Distinguishing features: Small and stocky, white neckband, upperparts are grey-brown heavily spotted with white, underparts are white streaked with brown, pale facial disc, yellow iris 15-Oct-2011 Pic: SK Srinivas |
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