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 NR    Scheffler's Owlet* Id (Atlas):
    Glaucidium scheffleri

Description (2)
Image of Scheffler's Owlet
 

Other Names (World)
Scheffler's Owlet, Eastern Barred Owlet

Family
Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Size
22 cm

First Described (Guide)
Neumann, 1911

Range (Guide)
Kenya (B), Somalia (B), Tanzania [United Republic of].

Extreme southern Somalia and eastern Kenya to north-eastern Tanzania.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2011).

Status NR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Subspecies
BirdLife International's treatment of Glaucidium capense currently includes ngamiense and scheffleri, contra Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993) but recognises castaneum and albertinum as separate species contra Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993) who include albertinum and castaneum in capense.

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Schefflers Owlet (Glaucidium scheffleri) - 2 files


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