Owls

Chestnut-backed Owlet

Glaucidium castanotum

The Chestnut-backed Owlet (Glaucidium castanotum) is a 100 g forest bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Owls

Order

Strigiformes

Weight

100 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

1

Recorded in Sri Lanka.

Where to see it: Sinharaja Forest Reserve (Sri Lanka).

Photo: Rangana Abeyrathne, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons