It is not an OWL.
After some search from the NET, and flipping thro' the guide books, I finally got the bird's ID.
It is Black Thighed Falconet .
(Microhierax fringillarius)
The world's smallest raptor, measuring only 16 cm. That's why known locally as Helang Belalang.
Link to its mating and nesting here.
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Assalamualaikum w.b.t,
Found and observed this raptor at the back of my house,nesting inside dead tree.The hole previously has been occupied by woodpecker.After a few months,the tree fell down.Luckily,after investigating the tree,the bird,somehow escaped from the tree.Found no eggs or any dead raptors inside it.Since then,I never see this bird again.
You have a good observation.
SO CUTE!!!!!!!
Long-whiskered Owlet is smaller (only 13 cm)
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