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Chestnut-backed Owlet Glaucidium castanotum



Family: Strigidae (Typical Owls)

Authority: (Blyth, 1846)

Red List Category

Criteria: C1

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Justification of Red List category
This species is listed as Near Threatened because there are some indications that it has a moderately small population, which is in decline owing to forest clearance and degradation.



Population size: 10000-19999 mature individuals

Population trend: decreasing

Extent of occurrence (breeding/resident): 63,500 km2

Country endemic: yes

Attributes
Land-mass type - shelf island
Realm - Indomalayan
IUCN System - Terrestrial

Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Chestnut-backed Owlet Glaucidium castanotum. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/chestnut-backed-owlet-glaucidium-castanotum on 22/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 22/11/2024.