Forest Owlet

The Forest Owlet is an owl that is endemic to the forests of central India. This species belongs to the typical owls family, Strigidae. After it was described in 1873 and last seen in the wild in 1884, it was considered extinct It is found in a very small number of localities and the populations are low and the forests of central India are threatened and shrinking, making the species critically endangered.

The Forest Owlet is classified as Critically Endangered (CR), facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild.

We found the forest owlets quite high in trees as they caught rays on a sunny but cool morning. They feed diurnally, mostly on reptiles apparently, but we saw no action in half an hour of watching. Just spent two days searching out forest owlet: 14/2 Melghat TR, Maharashtra A weird day, arrived late in the night at Chikaldara, the hotel was noisy and very dirty and I was grumpy. Sorted out new bedding eventually. More

95 - New Yorker - ECNextThe forest owlet remained there long enough for Rasmussen to shoot it. The video was diagnostic, and the owlet made the list. ... Tehelka - India's Independent Weekly News Magazine - Jan 31, 2009 TehelkaTHE ENCYCLOPAEDIA of Vanished Species records the Forest Owlet as “extinct��? — the last ... Otherwise, the Forest Owlet will be condemned to a second death. Blimey! snakes aren't slimy - Oct 21, 2007 Times of India... More

The Forest Owlet (Athene blewitti) is an owl that is endemic to the forests of central India. This species belongs to the typical owls family, Strigidae. After it was described in 1873 and last seen in the wild in 1884, it was considered extinct until it was rediscovered 113 years later in 1997 by Pamela Rasmussen. More

The Forest Owlet Athene blewitti that once inhabited the dense forests of central India. It was always a rare bird, about seven were shot dead, and stuffed at the end of the 18th century, with the last recording dating back to 1914. There have been many attempts to find the owlet since then. Legendary ornithologists Salim Ali and Dr Dilon Ripley also extensively searched the forests of Vidarbha in Central India and Orissa. More

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Forest owlet pair at nest hole Forest owlet pair at nest holePrint factsheet Facts - Also known as: Forest little owl, forest spotted owlet Synonyms: Athene blewitti Spanish: Mochuelo De Blewitt, Mochuelo Forestal Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Aves Order More

Photo Wanted The Forest Owlet (Athene blewitti) is an owl which breeds in central India. This species is a part of the larger grouping of owls known as typical owls, Strigidae, which contains most species of owl. The other grouping is the barn owls, Tytonidae. The Forest Owlet is small (23cm) and stocky. It is a typical owlet with a rather plain crown and heavily banded wings and tail. The upperparts are dark grey-brown, faintly spotted white. More

Until recently, the best illustration of the Forest Owlet was the one at right, which appeared in The Scientific Results of the Second Yarkard Mission, published in 1891. the illustration has several inaccuracies: the cheek patches are too dark and the breast is too barred; the belly, lower flanks, and undertail coverts should be completely white, not marked; the bands in the wing should be whiter; and the bill should be larger. More

status and distribution of the Forest Owlet Athene blewitti in India. Forktail 16: 125-130. e. Ishtaq, F. and A. R. Rahmani (2000) Cronism in the Forest Owlet Athene blewitti. Forktail 16: 172-174 f. Ishtiaq, F. and A. R. Rahmani (2005) The Forest Owlet Heteroglaux blewitti: vocalization, breeding biology and conservation. Ibis:147(1): 197-205 g. Ishtiaq, F. and A. R. Rahmani (2000) Further information on the status and distribution of the Forest Owlet Athene blewitti in India. Forktail 16 (2000): 125-130. More

Forest Owlet Conservation = From CopperWiki Jump to: navigation, search The Forest Owlet, Athene blewitti, had not been seen in India since the German Collector Meinertzhagen shot one in the now vanished Mandavi forest, 320km north of Bombay. Believed to have been extinct for over a century, 113 years to be precise, it was rediscovered by Pamela C. More

The Forest Owlet (Heteroglaux blewitti) is an owl which breeds in central India. This species belongs to the typical owls family, Strigidae. Description The Forest Owlet is small (23 cm) and stocky. It is a typical owlet with a rather unspotted crown and heavily banded wings and tail. It appears to be strongly diurnal and fairly easy to detect, frequently perching on prominent bare branches. Lizards and mammals appear to be important prey. More

The Forest Owlet is a restricted-range endemic limited to Narmada River Valley region in central India. Though placed in the genus Athene, it is thought to be closely related to Glaucidium. First discriminated as new by F. R. Blewitt, the specimen collected from "Busnah-Phooljan" in eastern Madhya Pradesh in December 1872 was described by A. O. Hume in 1873 in 'Stray Feathers'. More

status of the Forest Owlet, when it gradually became evident that none of the four genuine sites had been searched! - Forest Owlet (D. Abbott and P. Rasmussen) - In October 1997, Ben King (American Museum of Natural History) and David Abbott indicated they could join a search in November, and it seemed there would never be a better opportunity. More

The Forest Owlet Heteroglaux (Athene) blewitti was considered extinct for over a century, for exactly 113 years to be precise. Pamela Rasmussen, Ben King and David Abbott rediscovered the Forest Owlet at Shahada near Taloda in the Nandurbar District of Maharastra (Toranmal Reserve Forest) in November 1997. B.N.H.S. research fellow Farah Ishtiaq followed up with field research, mostly in the Nandurbar district along the Satpuras. More