Chestnut-backed Owlet

Glaucidium castanotum (Blyth, 1851)

19 cmLength100 gWeight

The chestnut-backed owlet (Glaucidium castanotum) (often misspelled Glaucidium castanonotum), is an owl which is endemic to Sri Lanka.

Busiest months: January · Most records: Sri Lanka

Near Threatened

Where and when it's recorded

Chestnut-backed Owlet has been recorded at 20 of the 8,171 birding hotspots we track, in 1 country or region.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Sinharaja Forest ReserveSri Lanka240 records
KitulgalaSri Lanka183 records
Sinharaja NP – Kudawa accessSri Lanka170 records

More places

Kitulgala – Sisira’s River LoungeSri Lanka150 records
Kitulgala – Kelani Valley/Makandawa Forest ReserveSri Lanka126 records
Sinharaja – Kudawa Village areaSri Lanka121 records
Sinharaja NP – Rainforest EcolodgeSri Lanka95 records
Kudawa – Sri Lanka Spurfowl SiteSri Lanka54 records
Siharaja Forest Reserve – Visitor CentreSri Lanka43 records
Kudawa – Thurusevana RoadSri Lanka30 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Sri Lanka

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The chestnut-backed owlet (Glaucidium castanotum) (often misspelled Glaucidium castanonotum), is an owl which is endemic to Sri Lanka. This species is a part of the larger grouping of owls known as typical owls, Strigidae, which contains most of the smaller owl species. This species was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the jungle owlet.

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