Forest Owlet
Athene blewitti(Hume, AO, 1873)
English (US) Forest Owlet
The Forest Owlet (Athene blewitti) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Strigidae (Owls) in the order Strigiformes.
Range: known from seven 19th Century specimens from northwestern Maharashtra, Odisha, and Chhattisgarh; rediscovered in Taloda area, Maharashtra after hiatus of 113 years; now known from deciduous forest mainly in Surat Dangs (Gujarat), northwestern Maharashtra, and Melghat Tiger Reserve (western Madhya Pradesh)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Athene blewitti
- Family
- Strigidae (Owls)
- Order
- Strigiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Endangered
- English (US)
- Forest Owlet
- Described by
- (Hume, AO, 1873)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Heteroglaux Blewitti
- Described by
- (Hume, AO, 1873)
- Type locality
- Busnah, Phooljan State, India.
- Original description
- Stray Feathers 1 p.468
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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