Glaucidium perlatum | Pearl-spotted Owlet | Witkoluil
Kamonande, Oct 2022
Marseilles, Jun 2018
Portlock, Jun 2018
Showing real eyes (left) and false eyes (right)
Loubad, Aug 2019
A breeding resident. Fairly common and widespread both across the Waterberg and in the surrounding thorn savanna Waterberg (50% in, 50% out; recorded in 54% of the Waterberg pentads); it favours open woodland, typically in non-rocky, relief-free country; usually encountered as single birds or in pairs while breeding; its presence is mostly detected from hearing its piercing whistled call, especially in late winter and spring. Breeds in early summer.
