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 NR    Ngami Owlet* Id (Atlas):
    Glaucidium ngamiense

Family
Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Size
22 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Roberts, 1932)

Range (Guide)
Angola (B), Botswana (B), Congo [The Democratic Republic of the] (B), Namibia (B), South Africa (B), Tanzania [United Republic of] (B), Zambia (B).

Central Tanzania and south-eastern Zaire across to southern Angola, south to northern Namibia, northern Botswana, eastern Transvaal and south-central Mozambique; also Mafia I.
 
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.


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