Forest Owlet

www.indiasendangered.com FOREST OWLET (Heteroglaux blewitti) Critically Endangered (CR) on the IUCN Red List Protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972, India. Included on Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), making international trade in this species illegal HABITAT Dry, deciduous teak forests of India. Previously also found […]

Image of the Day: Spotted Owlet

A small brown owl with white overall spots, the Spooted Owlet (Athena brama)  has prominent yellow eyes and white eyebrows. It is found commonly across the Indian subcontinent and though nocturnal might also be sometimes seen at daytime peeping out of tree hollows. It’s close cousin Forest owlet (Athena blevitti) is a Critically Endangered species […]

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