Asian Barred Owlet

Glaucidium cuculoides - Chevêchette cuculoïde

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Strigiformes

  • Family
    :

    Strigidés

  • Genus
    :

    Glaucidium

  • Species
    :

    cuculoides

Descriptor

Vigors, 1830

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 25 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 150 à 175 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Chevêchette cuculoïde
adult
Chevêchette cuculoïde
adult

Asian Barred Owlet (Glaucidium cuculoides) is a species of bird in the Strigidae family.

Subspecific information 8 subspecies

  • Glaucidium cuculoides cuculoides (w and c Himalayas)
  • Glaucidium cuculoides austerum (ne India, Bhutan and nw Myanmar)
  • Glaucidium cuculoides rufescens (ne India, Bangladesh, n Myanmar and s Hunnan. s China.)
  • Glaucidium cuculoides whiteleyi (s China to ne Vietnam)
  • Glaucidium cuculoides persimile (Hainan. off s China.)
  • Glaucidium cuculoides delacouri (ne Laos, nw and c Vietnam)
  • Glaucidium cuculoides deignani (se Thailand, s Vietnam, Cambodia)
  • Glaucidium cuculoides bruegeli (se Myanmar, Thailand. except se.)

Foreign names

  • Chevêchette cuculoïde,
  • Mochuelo cuco,
  • mochinho-cuculoide,
  • Kuckuckszwergkauz,
  • kakukkhangú törpekuvik,
  • Koekoeksdwerguil,
  • Civettina barrata asiatica,
  • göksparvuggla,
  • Orientgjøkugle,
  • kuvičok jarabý,
  • kulíšek kukaččí,
  • Gøgeugle,
  • raitavarpuspöllö,
  • mussolet cucut,
  • sóweczka falista,
  • dzegužu apodziņš,
  • Кукушковый воробьиный сыч,
  • オオスズメフクロウ,
  • 斑头鸺鹠,
  • นกเค้าโมง, นกเค้าแมว,
  • 斑頭鵂鶹,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Chevêchette cuculoïde
adult

Forest : Temperate, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Rural Gardens

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 18-12-2015
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