Forest Owlet (Athene blewitti) - BirdLife species factsheet

Forest Owlet Athene blewitti

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References

Anon. 2013. Project to study Forest owlets in Melghat & Tadoba TRs and in Toranmal, Nandurbar district. Protected Area Update 19(3): 16.

Bombay Natural History Society. 2013. Forest Owlet - Preventing Exctinctions Programme Interim Report 2012-2013. BirdLife International.

Chavan, R. A.; Rithe, K. D. 2010. Occurrence and breeding record of the Forest Owlet Heteroglaux blewitti from Yawal Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 106(2): 207-208.

Chavan, R.; Pariwakam, M.; Bansod, V. 2013. Occurrence of the Forest Owlet Heteroglaux blewitti in Narnala Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra. Journal Care4Nature 1(1): 33-35.

Chavan, R.A.; Rithe, K.D. 2009. Occurrence and breeding record of the Forest Owlet Heteroglaux blewitti from Yawal Wildlife Sanctuary, Maharashtra, India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 106(2): 207-208.

Ishtiaq, F.; Rahmani, A. R. 2000. Further information on the status and distribution of the Forest Owlet Athene blewitti in India. Forktail 16: 125-130.

Ishtiaq, F.; Rahmani, A. R. 2005. The Forest Owlet Heteroglaux blewitti: vocalization, breeding biology and conservation. Ibis 147: 197-205.

Ishtiaq, F.; Rasmussen, P.C.; Rahmani, A.R. 2002. Ecology and behaviour of the Forest Owlet. In: Newton, I.; Kavanagh, R.; Olson J.; Taylor, I. (ed.), Ecology and Conservation of Owls, pp. 80-88. CSIRO publishing, Australia.

Jathar, G. 2003. Saving the mysterious Forest Owlet. Mistnet 4(3 & 4): 9-10.

Jathar, G., Patil, D., Kalra, M., De Silva, T., Peterson, A., Irfan-Ullah, M., Rahmani, A., Mehta, P., Kulkarni, J. 2015. Mapping The Potential Distribution of the Critically Endangered Forest Owlet Heteroglaux blewitti in India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 112(2): 55-64.

Kasambe, R.; Pande, S.; Wadatkar, J.; Pawashe, A. 2004. Additional records of the Forest Owlet Heteroglaux blewitti Hume, 1873, in Melghat Tiger Reserve, Maharashtra. Newsletter for Ornithologists: 12-14.

Kasambe, R.; Wadatkar, J. S.; Wagh, G. A.; Dudhe, N.S. 2015. Status survey and conservation of the critically endangered Forest Owlet (Heteroglaux blewitti) in the Satpudas. BNHS. Report submitted to BirdLife International.

Kasambe, R.; Wadatkar, J.; Bhusum, N.S.; Kasdekar, F. 2005. Forest Owlets Heteroglaux blewitti in Melghat Tiger Reserve, Distt. Amravati, Maharashtra. Newsletter for Birdwatchers 45: 38-40.

King, B. F.; Rasmussen, P. C. 1998. The rediscovery of the Forest Owlet Athene (Heteroglaux) blewitti. Forktail 14: 51-53.

Laad, S., Dagale, R., Jathar, G. 2016. Northern Western Ghats: Forest Owlet’s new abode. MISTNET 17: 2-6.

Laad, S.; Dagale, R. 2014. First report of forest owlet Heteroglaux blewitti from Tansa wildlife sanctuary (Western Ghats), Maharashtra, India. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 111(2): 134.

Mehta, P.; Kulkarni, J.; Mukherjee, S.; Chavan, S.; Anand, A. V. 2017. A distribution survey of the Forest Owlet Heteroglaux blewitii in north-western Maharashtra. Indian BIRDS 13(4): 103-108.

Mehta, P.; Kulkarni, J.; Patil, D. 2008. A survey of the critically endangered Forest Owlet Heteroglaux blewitti in Central India. BirdingASIA: 77-87.

Mehta, P.; Kulkarni, J.; Patil, D.; Kolte, P.; Khatavkar, P. 2007. A survey of critically endangered Forest Owlet (Heteroglaux blewitti) in Central India.

Mehta, P.; Prasanna, N. S., Nagar, A. K., Kulkarni, J. 2015. Occurrence of Forest Owlet Heteroglaux blewitti in Betul District, and the importance of its conservation in the Satpura landscape. Indian BIRDS 10(6): 157-159.

Nannaware, R. 2014. The assassination of Yawal. Sanctuary Asia 34(3): 72-75.

Patel, J., Vasava, A., & Patel, N. 2017. Occurrence of the Forest Owlet Heteroglaux blewitti in Navsari and Valsad Districts of Gujarat, India. Indian BIRDS 13(3): 78–79.

Patel, J.R.; Patel, S. B.; Rathor, S.C.; Patel, J. A.; Patel, P. B.; Vasava, A.G. 2015. New distribution record of the Forest Owlet Heteroglaux blewitti (Aves: Strigiformes: Strigidae) in Purna Wildlife Sanctuary, Gujarat, India. J. Threatened Taxa 7(12): 7940-7944.

Raha, B., Gadgil, R., & Bhoye, S. 2017. Sighting of the Forest Owlet Heteroglaux blewitti in Harsul, Nashik District, Maharashtra. Indian BIRDS 13(3): 80–81.

Rasmussen, P. C. 1998. Forest Owlet Athene blewitti rediscovered after 113-year hiatus. Bird Conservation International 8: 109.

Rithe, K. 2003. Saving the Forest Owlet. Sanctuary Asia 23: 30-31.

Further resources

Detailed species accounts from the Threatened birds of Asia: the BirdLife International Red Data Book (BirdLife International 2001).

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