Wim van den Heever / Pearl-Spotted Owl (Glaucidium perlatum) perched on a branch. Okavango Delta Botswana

Richard Du Toit / Pearlspotted Owl (Glaucidium perlatum) on branch, Kgalagadi, South Africa

Richard Du Toit / Pearlspotted owl (Glaucidium perlatum) perched in Mopani Tree, Kruger National Park, South Africa.

Will Burrard-Lucas / Pearl-spotted owlet (Glaucidium perlatum) perched on branch. Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe. July

Richard Du Toit / Pearl spotted owl (Glaucidium perlatum) perched on branch, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape Province, South Africa, December.

Wim van den Heever / Pearl Spotted owlet (Glaucidium perlatum) Sabi Sand Game Reserve, South Africa

Sean Crane / Pearl-spotted Owlet (Glaucidium perlatum), Linyanti Concession, Botswana

Piotr Naskrecki / African Scops Owl (Otus senegalensis) on the ground at night, South Luangwa National Park, Zambia. January.

Richard Du Toit / Pearlspotted Owl (Glaucidium perlatum) juvenile bird, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape Province, South Africa, December.

Richard Du Toit / Pearl-spotted Owlet (Glaucidium perlatum) Limpopo, South Africa

Ann & Steve Toon / Pearl spotted owlet (Glaucidium perlatum) perched on fence post at night, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, November

Ann & Steve Toon / Portrait of Pearl spotted owlet (Glaucidium perlatum) perched in branch, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa