Asian Barred Owlet | |
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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.