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Glaucidium radiatum · Family Strigidae
Glaucidium radiatum
Family Strigidae
- Order
- Strigiformes
- Family
- Strigidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 108,252
- Countries and territories with records
- 7
About this species
This species has 108,252 occurrence records from 7 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (95.8%), Nepal (2.8%) and Sri Lanka (1.1%); together they account for 99.7% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.17% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Glaucidium radiatum combines the genus name Glaucidium with the species epithet radiatum. The Warbla app catalog lists 26 species of the genus Glaucidium; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Glaucidium brasilianum, Glaucidium passerinum and Glaucidium gnoma.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 217 species of the family Strigidae. This species ranks 21st among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Bubo virginianus. Its record count is 2.1 times the family average (52,528). The family Strigidae belongs to the order Strigiformes, which has 233 species in the Warbla app catalog.