Chestnut-backed Owlet
Glaucidium castanotum
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderStrigiformes (Owls)
- FamilyStrigidae (Typical Owls)
- GenusGlaucidium (Pygmy-Owls and Typical Owlets)
- SpeciesGlaucidium castanotum (Chestnut-backed Owlet)
Closest Relatives at Sinharaja Forest Reserve
Jungle Owlet
Glaucidium radiatum
Serendib Scops Owl
Otus thilohoffmanni
Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl
Ketupa nipalensis
Brown Boobook
Ninox scutulata
Brown Fish-Owl
Ketupa zeylonensis
Indian Scops-Owl
Otus bakkamoena
Brown Wood Owl
Strix leptogrammica
Oriental Scops Owl
Otus sunia
Sri Lanka Bay-Owl
Phodilus assimilis
📅 Monthly Probability
🌅 When They're Spotted
Most active at dawn and dusk · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
| # | Park | Country | Probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sinharaja Forest Reserve | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | |
| 2 | Horton Plains National Park | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Chestnut-backed Owlet in Sinharaja Forest Reserve?
About 27% of visitor-days record a Chestnut-backed Owlet sighting in Sinharaja Forest Reserve, based on 393 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Chestnut-backed Owlet in Sinharaja Forest Reserve?
April has the highest sighting rate for Chestnut-backed Owlet in Sinharaja Forest Reserve in our monthly data.