Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Jungle Owlet (Glaucidium radiatum) - HBW 5, p. 222
French: Chevêchette de jungle
German: Dschungelkauz
Spanish: Mochuelo de Jungla
Other common names: Barred Jungle Owlet
Taxonomy: Strix Radiata Tickell, 1833, jungles of Borahbum and Dholbhum.
Possibly forms superspecies with G. castanonotum, with which has been considered conspecific; although both present in Sri Lanka, they occupy different habitats. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- radiatum (Tickell, 1833) - Himalayas from Himachal Pradesh E to Bhutan, Bangladesh and possibly W Myanmar, and S through India; also Sri Lanka.
- malabaricum (Blyth, 1846) - SW India.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird giving soft calls on a branch. Locality Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India (ssp malabaricum)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 1 year ago 48 sec 4.5 -
A bird regurgitating a pellet and being harassed by another bird. Locality Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India (ssp malabaricum)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 2 years ago 24 sec 4.4 -
Different views of a perched bird. Locality Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India (ssp malabaricum)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 2 years ago 47 sec 4.3 -
A bird in a tree, changing to another one two times. Locality Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India (ssp malabaricum)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 2 years ago 44 sec 3.7 -
A bird perched in two different trees Locality Sat Tal, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India (ssp radiatum)
Guus van Duin 30 December 2005 4 years ago 47 sec 3.5 -
A bird perched on a branch Locality Royal Chitwan National Park, Nepal (ssp radiatum)
Stefan Behrens 30 November 2003 6 years ago 37 sec 3.5
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A bird perched
Locality Masinagudi, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp malabaricum)
vasanthan.p.j 28 January 2012 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.2 -
A perched bird looking down.
Locality Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India (ssp malabaricum)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Jungle Owlet, roosting bird.
Locality Goa, India (ssp radiatum)
Mark Andrews 1 December 2004 2 years ago 3.8 -
A bird perched
Locality Masinagudi, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp malabaricum)
vasanthan.p.j 28 January 2010 2 years ago 3.8 -
Bird perched on the branch of a rubber tree.
Locality India
Harisankar 15 November 2010 1 year ago 3.7 -
Jungle Owlet (Glaucidium radiatum)
Locality Mussoorie, Dehradun District, Uttarakhand, India
Guy Poisson 20 November 2006 1 year ago 3
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Several soft calls of a bird.
Locality Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India
(ssp malabaricum)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 1 year ago 3.5 -
Calling at dawn on a tree Locality Udaipur, Udaipur District, Rajasthan, India
(ssp radiatum)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 October 2002 1 year ago 3
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