Cuckoo owl
- Description
- The cuckoo owl is a ground-dwelling owl found in open, dry grasslands, agricultural lands and desert habitats of North & South America. Cuckoo owls feed on a variety of prey items such as insects, small mammals, reptiles, amphibians and other birds.
- Accession Loan No.
- 106/1908/14
- Collection Class
- Birds
- Common Name
- cuckoo owl
- Simple Name
- bird
- Full Name
- STRIGIDAE: Glaucidium cuculoides (Vigors): cuckoo owl
- Family Group
- Collector / Excavator
- Downall, Miss G P (from the collection of)
- Collection Country
- Sri Lanka
- Collection Area Region
- South Asia
- Collection Continent
- Asia
- Phylum
- CHORDATA: VERTEBRATA
- Family
- STRIGIDAE
- Genus
- Glaucidium
- Species
- cuculoides
