Sjostedt's Owlet (Glaucidium sjostedti)

Other Names (World)
Sjostedt's Owlet, Sjostedt's Barred Owlet, Chestnut-backed Owlet(!)

Family
Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Size
24 - 28 cm

First Described (Guide)
Reichenow, 1893

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest.

Range (Guide)

Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Nigeria.

Cameroon, Gabon, northern Congo, southern Central African Republic and north-western and central Zaire.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (7)...)

Sj\u00f6stedt's Barred Owlet (Glaucidium sjostedti) [XC99671]
by Mike Nelson from Rengo Camp, Korup National Park, Cameroon (song)

Sj\u00f6stedt's Barred Owlet (Glaucidium sjostedti) [XC99673]
by Mike Nelson from Rengo Camp, Korup National Park, Cameroon (song)

Subspecies
Affinities uncertain.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Sjostedts Owlet (Glaucidium sjostedti) - 10 files

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