Chestnut owlet

Chestnut owlet
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Glaucidium
Species:
Subspecies:
G. c. castaneum
Trinomial name
Glaucidium capense castaneum
Neumann, 1893

The chestnut owlet (Glaucidium capense castaneum) is a subspecies of owl to the African barred owlet in the family Strigidae. It is found in the Albertine Rift montane forests.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2018). "Glaucidium castaneum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22689295A130163557. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T22689295A130163557.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.