Chestnut-backed Owlet
Glaucidium castanotum
Near threatened
Stand-in photo: Punitha Satharasinnghe, CC BY-SA 4.0
Look again
An owl that keeps daylight hours. Small birds mobbing a branch are often the only clue that it is there.
Field marks
Rich chestnut back, finely barred head and white-streaked underparts.
Family
Strigidae
Group
Owls
Habitat
Wet-zone rainforest
Where to look
Kitulgala, Sinharaja
Length
About 19 cm
IUCN status
Near threatened
