African Barred Owlet

Glaucidium capense (Smith, A, 1834)

African Barred Owlet, Glaucidium capense, is an owl in the family Strigidae that breeds in south-eastern, south-central and western Africa. It is found in open country with trees, including gallery forest, woodland, forest edges and secondary growth. The species is part of a complex that some authorities split into several birds. In the form described here, it has greyish brown upperparts with fine buff barring and a narrow white eyebrow, plus a pale shoulder stripe formed by the wing coverts. Its chest is barred, while the breast and flanks are marked with brown spots.

Order

Strigiformes

Family

Strigidae — Owls

Breeding range

Africa: se, sc, w