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Glaucidium capense ngamiense |
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Glaucidium capense |
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Chouette chevêchette du Cap |
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African Barred Owlet |
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| Tshipungulu (Tshiluba) ; mwina (Kibemba) ; kapungulu, kitungu (Kiluba) | |
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This species differs from the Pearl-spotted Owlet by its larger size and by having barred rather than spotted upperparts. |
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Especially likes gallery forests in the savannahs. Cohabits with the Pearl-spotted Owlet in the Marungu. |
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Sometimes active before sunset. |
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Almost exclusively insectivorous, feeding on larger insects than the Pearl-spotted Owlet does. |
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Nidification takes place at the end of the dry season. |
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Warning :
This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors.
The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.
We invite everyone who could help us to improve this working tool to contact us in order to correct us and share her/his knowledge with us.
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