Albertine Owlet Glaucidium albertinum Scientific name definitions
- NT Near Threatened
- Names (22)
- Monotypic
Text last updated September 13, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Bulgarian | Албертинова врабчова кукумявка |
Catalan | mussolet d'Albertine |
Croatian | ruandski ćuk |
Czech | kulíšek albertinský |
Dutch | Prigoginedwerguil |
English | Albertine Owlet |
English (United States) | Albertine Owlet |
Estonian | ruanda värbkakk |
French | Chevêchette de Prigogine |
French (Canada) | Chevêchette de Prigogine |
German | Albertzwergkauz |
Japanese | ザイールスズメフクロウ |
Norwegian | tutsiugle |
Polish | sóweczka górska |
Russian | Альбертинский сычик |
Serbian | Mala sova iz Rasedne doline |
Slovak | kuvičok horský |
Spanish | Mochuelo del Alberto |
Spanish (Spain) | Mochuelo del Alberto |
Swedish | albertinesparvuggla |
Turkish | Albert Serçe Baykuşu |
Ukrainian | Сичик-горобець рифтовий |
Glaucidium albertinum Prigogine, 1983
Definitions
- GLAUCIDIUM
- albertina / albertinae / albertinum
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
Field Identification
c. 20 cm; female 73 g (n = 1 (1) ). Smallish owlet with maroon-brown upperparts; creamy spots on forehead, crown and nape; and creamy bars on upper mantle. Scapulars with beige edges; back and uppertail-coverts unmarked; flight-feathers brown with pale brown bars; dark tail with c. 7 narrow cream bands; upper chest maroon-brown with broad cream bars, rest of underparts white with maroon-brown spots; irides yellow. Differs from G. capense in distinctly spotted head and plain back; from G. castaneum by colour of spots on head, colour of upperparts, amount of pale markings on scapulars and wing-coverts (fewer) and tail length (shorter) (1). Juvenile undescribed.
Systematics History
This and some other Old World owlet species placed in genus Taenioglaux by some recent authors (1, 2). Present species thought to be most closely related to G. capense and G. castaneum; has been treated as conspecific with G. capense (3). Monotypic.
Subspecies
Distribution
Albertine Rift in E DRCongo and SW Rwanda.
Habitat
Little information. Type specimen taken in dense undergrowth of primary montane forest; other specimens found in open montane and transitional forest with clearings but dense understorey. Reported from c. 1100 m to 1700 m (4), but may occur up to 2500 m.
Movement
Diet and Foraging
Sounds and Vocal Behavior
Breeding
Conservation Status
VULNERABLE. CITES II. Restricted-range species: present in Albertine Rift Mountains EBA (5). Status unknown, but small number of specimens collected from an area well explored by ornithologists suggests that species is quite rare. Known from 5 specimens: 2 collected at Lundjulu in E Zaire, and 1 each from Nyungwe Forest in Rwanda, Musangakye and Munga in Itombwe Mts. Population size roughly estimated at 3500–15,000 individuals; numbers probably declining owing to loss and degradation of native forest. Mountain forest W of L Edward and Nyungwe Forest in Rwanda have both been reduced in size. Kamituga has become an important mining centre, and possibility of clearance and economic exploitation in Itombwe Mts could become a major threat. Forest conservation plans have been prepared to protect mountains W of L Edward and Nyungwe Forest, although whether local authorities will implement them is uncertain.
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding