Forest Owlet
- Scientific name
- Athene blewitti
- Family
- Strigidae
- Conservation status
- Vulnerable
- Habitat
- Forest deciduous
- Wing shape
- Rounded
- Tail shape
- Rounded
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Why it matters
The Forest Owlet is a remarkably rare species native to central India, long considered extinct until its rediscovery in 1997. Its rounded wings and tail are distinct physical adaptations suited for hunting within the dense, closed-canopy forests that serve as its fragile habitat.
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