Asian Barred Owlet

Asian Barred Owlet
Barred Owlet in Mae Wong National Park, Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Glaucidium
Species: G. cuculoides
Binomial name
Glaucidium cuculoides
(Vigors, 1831)

The Asian Barred Owlet (Glaucidium cuculoides) is a species of true owl, resident in northern parts of the Indian Subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia. It ranges across (N central and NE India, Nepal Bhutan, N Bangladesh) and SE Asia (Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam). Its natural habitat is temperate forest.

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References

  1. ^ BirdLife International 2004. Glaucidium cuculoides. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.