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The Spotted owlet (Athene brama) is a bird found in India, Nepal and Thailand. Farms, villages and towns across South and Southeast Asia. It eats insects and other small invertebrates, small mammals and birds and reptiles and frogs. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Spotted owlet lives

Farms, villages and towns across South and Southeast Asia.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs70%
• 🐭 Mammals & birds20%
• 🦎 Reptiles & frogs10%

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

Conservation status

Hear the Spotted owlet

Recorded by Sam Hambly (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1165351. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Spotted owlet

Where does the Spotted owlet live?

The Spotted owlet lives in India, Nepal and Thailand. Farms, villages and towns across South and Southeast Asia.

What does the Spotted owlet eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 70%), small mammals and birds (about 20%), reptiles and frogs (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Spotted owlet endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from Asia

• Pied bush chat
• Grey treepie
• Grey francolin
• Pale-billed flowerpecker
• Indian spot-billed duck
• Common pheasant

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.