Chestnut-backed Owlet

Chestnut-backed Owlet (Glaucidium castanotum)

An owl that keeps daylight hours. Small birds mobbing a branch are often the only clue that it is there.

Serendib Scops Owl

Serendib Scops Owl (Otus thilohoffmanni)

First heard in Kitulgala in 1995, first seen in Sinharaja in 2001, and described as new to science in 2004. It was there all along.