Photo by Abhay Kewat
Collared Owlet in India
This is Asia’s smallest owl at around 6.25 in /16 cm.
I’ve seen comments that it calls in all directions, making it a difficult owl to locate by sounds. Here is a video of it hooting all around. It’s a pretty cute sound.
Yes! My grandparents had a wooden train whistle, and it does remind me much of that!
Honestly, it’s a bit surprising that a bird that small can make that big a sound, and it’s not horribly shrill.