{"id":20065,"date":"2026-03-01T13:04:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T07:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=20065"},"modified":"2026-03-01T18:07:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T12:37:40","slug":"key-facts-about-forest-owlet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/key-facts-about-forest-owlet\/","title":{"rendered":"Forest Owlet"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Forest Owlet Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, in Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh forest owl has been spotted 113 years after it was last seen.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Forest Owlet<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a member of the <\/span><b>typical owl family, Strigidae.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was first described in 1873. As it was not sighted after 1884, it was considered extinct for many years. In1997, it was rediscovered.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Habitat:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is mainly found in <\/span><b>tropical and subtropical moist lowland woods<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, dense deciduous woodlands, open dry deciduous teak woods,and tropical and subtropical dry forests.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Distribution<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is endemic to the <\/span><b>forests of central India.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was observed in <\/span><b>Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and Gujarat, and at a few locations in the Melghat Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Features of Forest Owlet<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a typical owlet with a rather unspotted crown, presence of full throat collar, thickly feathered legs, heavily banded wings, and a tail.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These <\/span><b>birds are diurnal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and have been observed to hunt during the day.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They <\/span><b>eat rodents,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reptiles such as lizards and skinks, and insects.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Conservation Status<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>IUCN Red List:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Endangered<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>CITES:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 Appendix I<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/etimes\/trending\/forest-owl-lost-for-113-years-makes-a-comeback-in-madhya-pradeshs-kuno-national-park\/articleshow\/128864050.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TOI<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forest Owlet is a member of the typical owl family, Strigidae, endemic to the forests of central India. 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