African Barred Owlet

Glaucidium capense - Chevêchette du Cap

Chevêchette du Cap
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Strigiformes

  • Family
    :

    Strigidés

  • Genus
    :

    Glaucidium

  • Species
    :

    capense

Descriptor

Smith, A, 1834

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 22 cm
  • Wingspan
    : 40 cm.
  • Weight
    : 83 à 139 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Chevêchette du Cap
adult
Chevêchette du Cap
adult

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,

Voice song and cries

Chevêchette du Cap

Habitat

Chevêchette du Cap
adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Geographic range

Distribution

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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