African Barred Owlet
Glaucidium capense - Chevêchette du Cap
Systematics
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Order:
Strigiformes
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Family:
Strigidés
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Genus:
Glaucidium
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Species:
capense
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 22 cm
- Wingspan: 40 cm.
- Weight: 83 à 139 g
Geographic range
Identification
African Barred Owlet (Glaucidium capense) is a species of bird in the Strigidae family.
Subspecific information 5 subspecies
- Glaucidium capense capense (s Mozambique to South Africa)
- Glaucidium capense etchecopari (Liberia, Ivory Coast)
- Glaucidium capense castaneum (ne DRCongo, sw Uganda)
- Glaucidium capense scheffleri (s Somalia, e Kenya and ne Tanzania)
- Glaucidium capense ngamiense (se DRCongo and w Tanzania to Angola, Botswana and Mozambique)
Foreign names
- Chevêchette du Cap,
- Mochuelo de El Cabo,
- mocho-barrado,
- Kapzwergkauz,
- fokföldi törpekuvik,
- Kaapse Dwerguil,
- Civettina barrata africana,
- akaciasparvuggla,
- Dvergugle,
- kuvičok pásikavý,
- kulíšek africký,
- Kapspurveugle,
- akasiavarpuspöllö,
- Gebande Uil,
- mussolet del Cap,
- sóweczka plamobrzucha,
- Капский воробьиный сыч,
- ヨコジマスズメフクロウ,
- 斑鸺鹠,
- 非洲鵂鶹,
Habitat
Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
- Owls of the world, Claus KÖNIG
- Vol. 5 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-Jordi sargatal
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
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- Anseriformes
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