While birding Ruhija of Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in southwestern Uganda, we attempted to find the Red-chested Owlet – Glaucidium tephronotum medje at a spot where I hold records, which worked out positively. G. t. medje is the eastern subspecies of the three; the other two, G. t. tephronotum and G. t. pycrafti, occur in West Africa.
This species hardly gets a peaceful day roost once its potential prey species notice its presence; in this video, a Collared Sunbird comes in to mob it amongst other vocalising small birds that include other Sunbirds and apalises…