A small gray-brown owl that blends into tree trunks, it is active at night. It uses wooded areas and dry savannas where trees provide cavities.
Its gray and brown plumage and ear tufts help it blend in when perched against a tree trunk by day.
It is nocturnal and gives low, croaking calls at night. It uses wooded areas and dry savannas with cavity trees.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.