Asian barred owlet

Asian barred owlet
Barred owlet in Mae Wong National Park, Nakhon Sawan, Thailand
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Glaucidium
Species: G. cuculoides
Binomial name
Glaucidium cuculoides
(Vigors, 1831)

The Asian barred owlet (Glaucidium cuculoides) is a species of true owl, resident in northern parts of the Indian Subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia. It ranges across north central and northeast India, Nepal Bhutan, north Bangladesh, and southeast Asia (Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam). Its natural habitat is temperate forest.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Glaucidium cuculoides.
Wikispecies has information related to: Glaucidium cuculoides


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, December 13, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.