Red-chested Owlet

Red-chested Owlet

Glaucidium tephronotum

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Virunga National Park
32 Verified records at Virunga National Park
July Best month highest sighting rate

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Red-chested Owlet sighting in Virunga National Park, based on 32 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Virunga National Park

Pearl-spotted Owlet
LC

Pearl-spotted Owlet

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Glaucidium perlatum

<5% · Rare
African Wood-Owl
LC

African Wood-Owl

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Strix woodfordii

<5% · Rare
Verreaux's Eagle-Owl
LC

Verreaux's Eagle-Owl

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Bubo lacteus

<5% · Rare
Spotted Eagle-Owl
LC

Spotted Eagle-Owl

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Bubo africanus

<5% · Rare
Fraser's Eagle-Owl
LC

Fraser's Eagle-Owl

Bird

Bubo poensis

Insufficient data
African Scops-Owl
LC

African Scops-Owl

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Otus senegalensis

Insufficient data
Grayish Eagle-Owl
LC

Grayish Eagle-Owl

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Bubo cinerascens

Insufficient data
Common Barn-Owl
LC Endemic

Common Barn-Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Tyto alba

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
<5
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

🕐 When They’re Spotted

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Sightings of Red-chested Owlet are recorded here, but fewer than 5 of them carry a time of day in GBIF — sighting probability uses whole days, so it is unaffected. The hourly pattern needs timestamps we don't have yet.

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Semuliki National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
2 Bwindi Impenetrable National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
3 Kibale National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
<5%
4 Nyungwe National Park 🇷🇼 Rwanda
<5%
5 Virunga National Park 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo
<5%
6 Taï National Park 🇨🇮 Ivory Coast
Insufficient data
7 Queen Elizabeth National Park 🇺🇬 Uganda
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Red-chested Owlet in Virunga National Park?

About 1% of wildlife watchers report a Red-chested Owlet sighting in Virunga National Park, based on 32 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Red-chested Owlet in Virunga National Park?

July has the highest sighting rate for Red-chested Owlet in Virunga National Park in our monthly data.

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