Typical Owls (Strigidae)
Red-chested Owlet (Glaucidium tephronotum) - HBW 5, p. 221
French: Chevêchette à pieds jaunes
German: Rotbrustkauz
Spanish: Mochuelo Pechirrojo
Other common names: Yellow-legged Owlet
Taxonomy: Glaucidium tephronotum Sharpe, 1875, South America; error = Mampong, Ashanti, Ghana.
Relationships uncertain. Proposed races lukolelae from CW Zaire and kivuense from E Zaire included within race medje. Four subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- tephronotum Sharpe, 1875 - Liberia, Ivory Coast and Ghana.
- pycrafti Bates, 1911 - Cameroon.
- medje Chapin, 1932 - Congo Basin, E Zaire and SW Uganda.
- elgonense Granvik, 1934 - E Uganda and W Kenya.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird singing from a tree Locality Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp medje)
Josep del Hoyo 8 September 2006 5 years ago 28 sec 4.5 -
A perched bird, being mobbed by a male Blue-headed Sunbird Locality Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp medje)
Josep del Hoyo 8 September 2006 5 years ago 32 sec 4.4 -
A bird singing, defecating and then flying away Locality Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (ssp medje)
Josep del Hoyo 8 September 2006 5 years ago 36 sec 4.4 -
A bird singing Locality Bobiri Forest Reserve, Ashanti Region, Ghana (ssp tephronotum)
herve jacob 26 March 2012 42 weeks ago 27 sec 3.7 -
Bird calling during the day Locality Ankasa-Nini National Park, Western Region, Ghana (ssp tephronotum)
mark sutton 2 December 2010 2 years ago 28 sec 2.8
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