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Name: Asian-barred Owlet

Scientific Name: Glaucidium cuculoides

Location:

Chitwan National Park

About:

The Asian barred owlet (Glaucidium cuculoides) is a species of true owl, resident in northern parts of the Indian Subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia. It ranges Nepal, Bhutan, across north central and northeast India, northern Bangladesh, and southeast Asia (Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam). Its natural habitat is temperate forest.