Avibase: Glaucidium capense (African Barred Owlet)

African Barred Owlet

Glaucidium capense (Smith, A 1834)

The African barred owlet is a species of small owl in the family Strigidae found in much of southern, central and eastern Africa. The taxon may be four species rather than a single species. Source: Wikipedia

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Classification

Order:
  Strigiformes
Family:
  Strigidae
Genus:
   Glaucidium
Scientific:
  Glaucidium capense

Original description

Citation:
(Smith, A 1834)

Reference:
S. Afr. Quart. J. vol.2, no.4, pt.1 p.313

Protonym:
Noctua Capensis

Type locality:
South Africa.

Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/54196#page/333/mode/1up

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
77FEB897EBA595B3

Avibase ID:
avibase-77FEB897

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/77FEB897

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 555465

Geographic range:

Glaucidium capense: disjunctly in lowland and foothill woodland, riparian and coastal forest, and edge habitat in open country, from Liberia and Ivory Coast eastward to Benin, northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Uganda, and from southern Somalia southward through coastal Kenya, southern and eastern Tanzania and Mafia Island, and Zambia to northern Namibia and northeastern South Africa, and of south-central South Africa
Glaucidium capense capense: southern Mozambique to KwaZulu-Natal and eastern Cape Province
Glaucidium capense castaneum: northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (Semliki Valley) and southwestern Uganda (Bwamba Forest); records from southern Cameroon, southwestern Central African Republic, and Congo may refer to this subspecies
Glaucidium capense etchecopari: patchily distributed in Liberia and Ivory Coast
Glaucidium capense ngamiense: eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to central Tanzania (including Mafia Island), southward to Angola, northern Namibia, northern Botswana, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique
Glaucidium capense scheffleri: far southern coastal Somalia, eastern Kenya, and northeastern Tanzania
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Source: Clements checklist

English:
African Barred Owlet
Afrikaans:
Gebande Uil
Bulgarian:
Африканска врабчова кукумявка
Catalan:
Mussolet del Cap
Czech:
kulíšek africký
Danish:
Kapspurveugle
German:
Kapzwergkauz
Esperanto:
afrika strigeto
Spanish:
Mochuelo de El Cabo
Spanish (Spain):
Mochuelo de El Cabo
Estonian:
täpik-värbkakk
Finnish:
akasiavarpuspöllö
French:
Chevêchette du Cap
Croatian:
kapski ćuk
Hungarian:
fokföldi törpekuvik
Italian:
Civettina barrata africana
Japanese (romaji):
kuriirosuzumefukurou
Japanese:
ヨコジマスズメフクロウ
Lithuanian:
Kapinė žvirblinė pelėda
Dutch:
Kaapse Dwerguil
Norwegian:
Dvergugle
Polish:
sóweczka plamobrzucha
Portuguese:
mocho-barrado
Portuguese (Portugal):
mocho-pigmeu-barrado
Russian:
Капский воробьиный сыч
Slovak:
kuvičok pásikavý
Serbian:
Afrička mala sova
Swedish:
akaciasparvuggla
Turkish:
Kap Serçe Baykuşu
Ukrainian:
Сичик-горобець мозамбіцький
Chinese:
斑鸺鹠
Chinese (Traditional):
非洲鵂鶹

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): African Barred Owlet ( Glaucidium capense) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): African Barred, Chestnut, Ngami or Scheffler's Owlet ( Glaucidium [capense, ngamiense, scheffleri or castaneum])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): African Barred, Chestnut, Ngami or Scheffler's Owlet ( Glaucidium [capense, ngamiense, scheffleri or castaneum])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): African Barred Owlet ( Glaucidium capense) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): African Barred, Chestnut, Ngami or Scheffler's Owlet ( Glaucidium [capense, ngamiense, scheffleri or castaneum])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): African Barred, Chestnut, Ngami or Scheffler's Owlet ( Glaucidium [capense, ngamiense, scheffleri or castaneum])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): African Barred, Chestnut, Ngami or Scheffler's Owlet ( Glaucidium [capense, ngamiense, scheffleri or castaneum])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): African Barred, Chestnut, Ngami or Scheffler's Owlet ( Glaucidium [capense, ngamiense, scheffleri or castaneum])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): African Barred, Chestnut, Ngami or Scheffler's Owlet ( Glaucidium [capense, ngamiense, scheffleri or castaneum])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): African Barred, Chestnut, Ngami or Scheffler's Owlet ( Glaucidium [capense, ngamiense, scheffleri or castaneum])
Avilist 2025: African Barred Owlet ( Glaucidium capense) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022: African Barred Owlet ( Glaucidium capense) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023: African Barred Owlet ( Glaucidium capense) [version 1]
Clements, version 2024: African Barred Owlet ( Glaucidium capense) [version 1]
Clements, version 2025: African Barred Owlet ( Glaucidium capense) [version 1]
eBird version 2022: African Barred Owlet ( Glaucidium capense) [version 1]
eBird version 2023: African Barred Owlet ( Glaucidium capense) [version 1]
eBird version 2024: African Barred Owlet ( Glaucidium capense) [version 1]
eBird version 2025: African Barred Owlet ( Glaucidium capense) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: African Barred Owlet ( Glaucidium capense) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: African Barred Owlet ( Glaucidium capense) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: African Barred Owlet ( Glaucidium capense) [version 1]
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IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: African Barred Owlet ( Glaucidium capense) [version 1]
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IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: African Barred Owlet ( Glaucidium capense) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: African Barred Owlet ( Glaucidium capense) [version 1]
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IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: African Barred Owlet ( Glaucidium capense) [version 1]
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IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: African Barred Owlet ( Glaucidium capense) [version 1]
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IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: African Barred Owlet ( Glaucidium capense) [version 1]
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IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: African Barred Owlet ( Glaucidium capense) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: African Barred Owlet ( Glaucidium capense) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: African Barred Owlet ( Glaucidium capense) [version 1]
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Glaucidium capense [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Glaucidium [capense or albertinum] (sensu lato) by some authors

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