Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Asian Barred Owlet (Glaucidium cuculoides) - HBW 5, p. 221
French: Chevêchette cuculoïde
German: Kuckuckstrillerkauz
Spanish: Mochuelo Cuco
Other common names: Barred Owlet, Cuckoo Owlet(!), Cuckoo Owl
Taxonomy: Noctua cuculoïdes Vigors, 1831, Simla-Almora district, Himalayas.
Possibly forms superspecies with G. castanopterum. Sometimes considered to include latter and G. castanonotum as races. Eight subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- cuculoides (Vigors, 1831) - Himalayas from NE Pakistan and Kashmir E to W Sikkim.
- austerum Ripley, 1948 - E Sikkim, Bhutan, NE Assam and NW Myanmar.
- rufescens Stuart Baker, 1926 - NE India, Bangladesh and N Myanmar.
- cuculoides (Vigors, 1831) - Himalayas from NE Pakistan and Kashmir E to W Sikkim.
- austerum Ripley, 1948 - E Sikkim, Bhutan, NE Assam and NW Myanmar.
- rufescens Stuart Baker, 1926 - NE India, Bangladesh and N Myanmar.
- bruegeli (Parrot, 1908) - S Myanmar and S Thailand.
- delacouri Ripley, 1948 - N Indochina.
- deignani Ripley, 1948 - SE Thailand and S Indochina.
- whitelyi (Blyth, 1867) - W, C & SE China and NE Vietnam.
- persimile Hartert, 1910 - Hainan.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched in a tree Locality Sat Tal, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India (ssp cuculoides)
Eldert Groenewoud 23 October 2009 3 years ago 32 sec 4.6 -
feeding juveniles Locality Hong Kong
Vicky Cheng 21 May 2011 1 year ago 2 min 5 sec 4.5 -
A close view of a bird perched Locality Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India (ssp rufescens)
Ron Hoff 26 February 2008 4 years ago 44 sec 4.5 -
A bird roosting during daytime Locality Khao Yai National Park, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand (ssp bruegeli)
Anthony Laven 1 December 1991 3 years ago 20 sec 4.2 -
A bird looking down on a trunk Locality Himalayan Institute for Environment, Ranichouri, Uttarakhand, India (ssp rufescens)
Umar Saif 29 February 2008 5 years ago 6 sec 4.2 -
A close view of a rufous morph individual on a branch Locality Arunachal Pradesh, India (ssp rufescens)
John Gregory 31 March 2007 5 years ago 15 sec 3.9
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Bird on tree
Locality McLeod Ganj, Dharamshala, Kangra District, Himachal Pradesh, India (ssp cuculoides)
Jayaram Jahgirdar 1 September 2012 1 hour ago ADDED TODAY! 4.7 -
The bird was facing away from me and suddenly turned its head completely around to look at me.
Locality Makunda Hospital, Karimganj District, Assam, India
Vijay Anand Ismavel 8 February 2011 2 years ago 4.1 -
A bird perched in a tree.
Locality Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India (ssp rufescens)
Carmelo López 21 May 2010 1 year ago 3.9 -
On a branch near a wat
Locality Kampi, Kratié Province, Cambodia
Guy Poisson 7 January 2012 1 year ago 3.8 -
Asian Barred Owlet
Locality Sat Tal, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India (ssp cuculoides)
Vaibhav Mishra 16 March 2012 1 year ago 3.8 -
Perched on a branch
Locality Nainital, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India
Kavi Nanda 5 March 2012 40 weeks ago 3.7
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Calling early morning at Kaziranga Locality Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 February 1989 2 years ago 5
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