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title: "Jungle Owlet"
description: "Glaucidium radiatum — Aves. The jungle owlet (Glaucidium radiatum) or barred jungle owlet is native to the Indian Subcontinent."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/jungle-owlet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Jungle Owlet

> Glaucidium radiatum — Aves. The jungle owlet (Glaucidium radiatum) or barred jungle owlet is native to the Indian Subcontinent.

- Scientific name: *Glaucidium radiatum*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: `forest` (Floresta), `jungle` (Selva)
- iNaturalist observations: 1469
- Wikidata: [Q912197](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q912197)
- iNaturalist taxon: [19871](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/19871)

## Names

- en: Jungle Owlet
- de: Dschungelzwergkauz
- es: Mochuelo de jungla
- fr: Chevêchette de jungle
- nl: Jungledwerguil
- pl: Sóweczka prążkowana

## Countries with the most observations

IN (1194), LK (83), NP (79), BD (13)

## Summary

The jungle owlet (Glaucidium radiatum) or barred jungle owlet is native to the Indian Subcontinent. The species is often found singly, in pairs or small groups, and they are usually detected by their calls at dawn and dusk. There are two subspecies, with that found in the Western Ghats sometimes considered a full species.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungle_owlet

## Photo

![Jungle Owlet](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/jungle-owlet/medium.jpg)

Photo: Omar Haroon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/319520361

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/jungle-owlet?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).