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The Forest owlet (Athene blewitti) is a bird found in India. Found in India. It eats small mammals and birds, insects and other small invertebrates and reptiles and frogs. The IUCN Red List lists it as Endangered.

🏡 Where the Forest owlet lives

Found in India.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐭 Mammals & birds40%
• 🐛 Insects & bugs30%
• 🦎 Reptiles & frogs30%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

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Recorded by Saswat Mishra (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC725559. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Forest owlet

Where does the Forest owlet live?

The Forest owlet lives in India. Found in India.

What does the Forest owlet eat?

small mammals and birds (about 40%), insects and other small invertebrates (about 30%), reptiles and frogs (about 30%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Forest owlet endangered?

Very few are left in the wild. Its IUCN Red List category is Endangered.

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• Green racket-tail
• White-eyed river martin
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Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.