Asian Barred Owlet (Glaucidium cuculoides)

Other Names (World)
Asian Barred Owlet, Barred Owlet, Cuckoo Owlet(!), Cuckoo Owl

Family
Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Size
20.50 - 25 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Vigors, 1831)

Habitat
Tropical to temperate, primary and secondary forests, from lowlands to mountains. Also parks and gardens.

Range (Guide)

Bangladesh (B), Bhutan (B), Cambodia (B), China (mainland) (B), Hong Kong (China) (E) (B), India (B), Laos (B), Myanmar (B), Nepal (B), Pakistan (B), Thailand (B), Vietnam (B).

Himalayas to South East Asia.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020) and increasing.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Habits
Mainly nocturnal.

Voice
A prolonged series of barbet-like whistles, 'hoop hoop hoop wup-wup-wup pupupupupu' and a quavering trill, increasing steadily in volume, 'wu u u u u u u u'. Also various squawks, barks and churrs.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (168)...)

Asian Barred Owlet (Glaucidium cuculoides) [XC416453]
by Peter Boesman from Wangdue Phodrang, Bhutan (call)

Asian Barred Owlet (Glaucidium cuculoides) [XC560469]
by Sam Hambly from Protection forest, five point count on forest interior, Laos university demostration forest, Vientiane Prefecture, Laos (song)

Subspecies
Possibly forms superspecies with Javan Owlet (Glaucidium castanopterum). Sometimes considered to include Javan Owlet (Glaucidium castanopterum) and Chestnut-backed Owlet (Glaucidium castanotum) as subspecies.

The following 8 subspecies are recognised:

cuculoides (Vigors, 1831) - Himalayas from north-eastern Pakistan and Kashmir east to western Sikkim.
austerum Ripley, 1948 - Eastern Sikkim, Bhutan, north-eastern Assam and north-western Myanmar.
rufescens Baker, ECS, 1926 - North-eastern India, Bangladesh and northern Myanmar.
bruegeli (Parrot, 1908) - Southern Myanmar and southern Thailand.
delacouri Ripley, 1948 - Northern Indochina.
deignani Ripley, 1948 - South-eastern Thailand and southern Indochina.
whiteleyi (Blyth, 1867) - Western, central and south-eastern China and north-eastern Vietnam.
persimile Hartert, 1910 - Hainan.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Asian Barred Owlet (Glaucidium cuculoides) - 10 files

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