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Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India
Sales Professional with great love for nature, collecting various birds on my camera, fighting for conservation of nature. My wife,Gaythri Devi also sharing similar interests and also being a better photographer, you can find us on Sundays in some jungle!

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Spotted Owlet

Athene brama 21cm
Pullichiru Aandhai in Tamil (புள்ளிச்சிறு ஆந்தை) 
Widespread resident. White spotting on upperparts, including crown, and diffuse brown spotting or barring on underparts. Pale facial discs and nuchal collar. Call is a harsh, screechy chirurr-chirurr-chirurr...followed by/alternated with cheevak,cheevak,cheevak. Habitation and cultivation.

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