Spotted owlet
Amazing fact
The spotted owlet follows quick wingbeats with a glide, folding its wings back.
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The spotted owlet follows quick wingbeats with a glide, folding its wings back.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Spotted owlet
- Scientific name
- Athene brama
- Japanese name
- インドコキンメフクロウ
- Group
- Birds
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Strigiformes
- Family
- Strigidae
- Genus
- Athene
Its body looks rounded all over, and for an owl it is very active, moving around a lot.
How the Spotted owlet lives
It is active at dusk or at night, but may keep hunting during the day. It chases insects drawn to streetlights. In bright daylight, it retreats into shady tree cavities or leafy branches. It lives in pairs or small family groups.
Oiseaux.netBasic data
- Diet
- Small mammals and insects
- Range
- Iran, Pakistan and India to Southeast Asia
Where the Spotted owlet has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- インドコキンメフクロウ
- 简体中文
- 横斑腹小鸮
- 繁體中文
- 橫斑腹小鴞
- Español
- Mochuelo brahmán
- Français
- Chevêche brame
- Deutsch
- Brahmakauz
- Português (Brasil)
- Mocho-brâmane
- Italiano
- Civetta macchiata
- العربية
- بوم منقط
- Русский
- Браминский сыч
- ไทย
- นกเค้าจุด
- বাংলা
- খুঁড়ুলে পেঁচা
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — インドコキンメフクロウChecked: 2026-11-04
- Oiseaux.net — Spotted OwletChecked: 2026-11-07
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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