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Strigiformes / Strigidae / Glaucidium

Red-chested Owlet

Glaucidium tephronotum

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (recowl1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Strigiformes
Family: Strigidae
Genus: Glaucidium

Subspecies (3)

Glaucidium tephronotum medje

middle Congo River Basin, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, southwestern Uganda, and western Kenya
Glaucidium tephronotum pycrafti

forest of southern Cameroon
Glaucidium tephronotum tephronotum

equatorial forest of Liberia, Ivory Coast, and Ghana

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (recowl1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.