Introduction
Sjöstedt's Owlet is a small owl with no ear-tufts. It is also known as the Splendid Owlet or Sjöstedt's Barred Owlet.
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Information
Distribution: Southern Nigeria and Cameroon south to Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. East through the Republic of the Congo to central Democratic Rebublic of the Congo.
Range of the Sjöstedt's Barred Owlet Glaucidium sjostedti
Status: Generally common and frequent in Gabon. Listed as 'Least Concern' by Birdlife International.
Original Description: Reichenow, Anton. 1893. Ornithologische Monatsberichte Herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. Anton Reichenow, 1, p. 65.
