Morden's Owlet | Animalz

Morden's OwletMorden's Owlet is a small owl restricted to East African coastal forests. A study in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest found it foraging at night and using Cynometra woodland with large old trees.What does it look like?The paper describes it as East Africa's smallest owl and reports a mean mass of about 50 g among ten tracked adults. Its plumage is described as colourful.How does it live?Morden's Owlet is a small owl restricted to East African coastal forests. A study in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest found it foraging at night and using Cynometra woodland with large old trees.Tracked owls foraged at night and returned to roosting trees, alternating among several roosts.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.