Athene (Little Owls and Allies)

Species in this group

LC

Athene brama

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

LC

Athene cunicularia

Daily sighting probability ~60% · Likely

LC

Athene noctua

Daily sighting probability ~30% · Possible

Daily sighting probability by month

Probability-weighted average across the group's species

~30%

Jan

~30%

Feb

~30%

Mar

~20%

Apr

~30%

May

~30%

Jun

~20%

Jul

~20%

Aug

~30%

Sep

~30%

Oct

~30%

Nov

~20%

Dec

When they're spotted

When the group's species are recorded (aggregated)

Where to see Little Owls and Allies

Warmer areas are where this group is recorded most often. Our parks Our cities In captivity: 121 zoos & centres

Parks Ranked

#	Park	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Keoladeo National Park	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~60%
	Spotted Owlet			~60%
2	Emas National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 3	~60%
	Burrowing Owl			~60%
3	Badlands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	~40%
	Burrowing Owl			~40%
4	Ranthambore National Park	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~40%
	Spotted Owlet			~40%
5	Kaziranga National Park	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~30%
	Spotted Owlet			~30%
6	Mudumalai National Park	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~30%
	Spotted Owlet			~30%
7	Iberá National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	1 of 3	~30%
	Burrowing Owl			~30%
8	Serra da Canastra National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 3	~30%
	Burrowing Owl			~30%
9	Gir National Park	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~30%
	Spotted Owlet			~30%
10	Hortobágy National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	1 of 3	~30%
	Little Owl			~30%
11	Sundarbans National Park	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~20%
	Spotted Owlet			~20%
12	Manas National Park	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~20%
	Spotted Owlet			~20%
13	Chapada dos Guimarães National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 3	~20%
	Burrowing Owl			~20%
14	Península Valdés	🇦🇷 Argentina	1 of 3	~20%
	Burrowing Owl			~20%
15	Chitwan National Park	🇳🇵 Nepal	1 of 3	~20%
	Spotted Owlet			~20%
16	Bandhavgarh National Park	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~20%
	Spotted Owlet			~20%
17	Kanha National Park	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~20%
	Spotted Owlet			~20%
18	Iguaçu National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 3	~20%
	Burrowing Owl			~20%
19	Satpura National Park	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~20%
	Spotted Owlet			~20%
20	Iguazú National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	1 of 3	~10%
	Burrowing Owl			~10%
21	Bandipur National Park	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~10%
	Spotted Owlet			~10%
22	Kiskunság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	1 of 3	~10%
	Little Owl			~10%
23	Royal Bardia National Park	🇳🇵 Nepal	1 of 3	~10%
	Spotted Owlet			~10%
24	Machalilla National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	1 of 3	~10%
	Burrowing Owl			~10%
25	Fertő-Hanság National Park	🇭🇺 Hungary	1 of 3	~10%
	Little Owl			~10%
26	Chapada Diamantina National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 3	~10%
	Burrowing Owl			~10%
27	Sierra de la Macarena National Park	🇨🇴 Colombia	1 of 3	~10%
	Burrowing Owl			~10%
28	Nagarhole National Park	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~10%
	Spotted Owlet			~10%
29	Doñana National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 3	~10%
	Little Owl			~10%
30	Tambopata National Reserve	🇵🇪 Peru	1 of 3	~10%
	Burrowing Owl			~10%
31	Jim Corbett National Park	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	<5%
	Spotted Owlet			<5%
32	Manu National Park	🇵🇪 Peru	1 of 3	<5%
	Burrowing Owl			<5%
33	Doi Inthanon National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	1 of 3	<5%
	Spotted Owlet			<5%
34	El Impenetrable National Park	🇦🇷 Argentina	1 of 3	<5%
	Burrowing Owl			<5%
35	Gobi Gurvansaikhan National Park	🇲🇳 Mongolia	1 of 3	<5%
	Little Owl			<5%
36	Monfragüe National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 3	<5%
	Little Owl			<5%
37	El Vizcaíno Biosphere Reserve	🇲🇽 Mexico	1 of 3	<5%
	Burrowing Owl			<5%
38	Sierra Nevada National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 3	<5%
	Little Owl			<5%
39	Sierra de Guadarrama National Park	🇪🇸 Spain	1 of 3	<5%
	Little Owl			<5%
40	Serra dos Órgãos National Park	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 3	<5%
	Burrowing Owl			<5%
41	Yasuní National Park	🇪🇨 Ecuador	1 of 3	<5%
	Burrowing Owl			<5%
42	Channel Islands National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	<5%
	Burrowing Owl			<5%
43	Royal Manas National Park	🇧🇹 Bhutan	1 of 3	<5%
	Spotted Owlet			<5%
44	Khao Yai National Park	🇹🇭 Thailand	1 of 3	<5%
	Spotted Owlet			<5%
45	Big Bend National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	<5%
	Burrowing Owl			<5%
46	Redwood National Park	🇺🇸 United States	1 of 3	<5%
	Burrowing Owl			<5%

Cities Ranked

#	City	Country	Species	Daily sighting probability
1	Aligarh	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~40%
	Spotted Owlet			~40%
2	Asansol	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~30%
	Spotted Owlet			~30%
3	Savar	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	1 of 3	~30%
	Spotted Owlet			~30%
4	Campo Grande	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 3	~30%
	Burrowing Owl			~30%
5	Bareilly	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~30%
	Spotted Owlet			~30%
6	Qingdao	🇨🇳 China	1 of 3	~30%
	Little Owl			~30%
7	Indore	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~20%
	Spotted Owlet			~20%
8	Jammu	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~20%
	Spotted Owlet			~20%
9	Bengaluru	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~20%
	Spotted Owlet			~20%
10	Brasilia	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 3	~20%
	Burrowing Owl			~20%
11	Berhampore	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~20%
	Spotted Owlet			~20%
12	Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~20%
	Spotted Owlet			~20%
13	Jaipur	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~20%
	Spotted Owlet			~20%
14	Gwalior	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~20%
	Spotted Owlet			~20%
15	Bhubaneshwar	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~20%
	Spotted Owlet			~20%
16	Yangon	🇲🇲 Myanmar	1 of 3	~20%
	Spotted Owlet			~20%
17	Kathmandu	🇳🇵 Nepal	1 of 3	~20%
	Spotted Owlet			~20%
18	Chattogram	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	1 of 3	~20%
	Spotted Owlet			~20%
19	Tamluk	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~20%
	Spotted Owlet			~20%
20	Chandigarh	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~20%
	Spotted Owlet			~20%
21	Tiruchirappalli	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~20%
	Spotted Owlet			~20%
22	Kanpur	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~20%
	Spotted Owlet			~20%
23	Pune	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~10%
	Spotted Owlet			~10%
24	Colachel	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~10%
	Spotted Owlet			~10%
25	João Pessoa	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 3	~10%
	Burrowing Owl			~10%
26	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	🇧🇴 Bolivia	1 of 3	~10%
	Burrowing Owl			~10%
27	Bhopal	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~10%
	Spotted Owlet			~10%
28	Ludhiana	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~10%
	Spotted Owlet			~10%
29	Natal	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 3	~10%
	Burrowing Owl			~10%
30	Prayagraj	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~10%
	Spotted Owlet			~10%
31	Rajkot	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~10%
	Spotted Owlet			~10%
32	Bangkok	🇹🇭 Thailand	1 of 3	~10%
	Spotted Owlet			~10%
33	Niterói	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 3	~10%
	Burrowing Owl			~10%
34	Maracaibo	🇻🇪 Venezuela	1 of 3	~10%
	Burrowing Owl			~10%
35	Ramallah	🇵🇸 Palestine	1 of 3	~10%
	Little Owl			~10%
36	Meerut	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~10%
	Spotted Owlet			~10%
37	Mysuru	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~10%
	Spotted Owlet			~10%
38	Hyderabad	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~10%
	Spotted Owlet			~10%
39	Nagpur	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~10%
	Spotted Owlet			~10%
40	Tiruppur	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~10%
	Spotted Owlet			~10%
41	Ciudad Juárez	🇲🇽 México	1 of 3	~10%
	Burrowing Owl			~10%
42	Madurai	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~10%
	Spotted Owlet			~10%
43	Coimbatore	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~10%
	Spotted Owlet			~10%
44	Curitiba	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 3	~10%
	Burrowing Owl			~10%
45	Guwahati	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~10%
	Spotted Owlet			~10%
46	Vadodara	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~10%
	Spotted Owlet			~10%
47	Dhaka	🇧🇩 Bangladesh	1 of 3	~10%
	Spotted Owlet			~10%
48	Kolkata	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~10%
	Spotted Owlet			~10%
49	Lahore	🇵🇰 Pakistan	1 of 3	~10%
	Spotted Owlet			~10%
50	Salvador	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 3	~10%
	Burrowing Owl			~10%
51	Visakhapatnam	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~10%
	Spotted Owlet			~10%
52	Kalyan-Dombivli	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~10%
	Spotted Owlet			~10%
53	Varanasi	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~10%
	Spotted Owlet			~10%
54	Puducherry	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~10%
	Spotted Owlet			~10%
55	Ranchi	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~10%
	Spotted Owlet			~10%
56	New Delhi	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~10%
	Spotted Owlet			~10%
57	Goiânia	🇧🇷 Brazil	1 of 3	~10%
	Burrowing Owl			~10%
58	Agra	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~10%
	Spotted Owlet			~10%
59	Lucknow	🇮🇳 India	1 of 3	~10%
	Spotted Owlet			~10%
60	Arequipa	🇵🇪 Peru	1 of 3	~10%
	Burrowing Owl			~10%

Zoos & Centres Where Found

#	Zoo / Centre	Country
1	San Diego Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
2	National Zoological Park	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
3	Natura Artis Magistra	🇳🇱 Netherlands	In captivity
4	Zürich Zoo	🇨🇭 Switzerland	In captivity
5	Parque das Aves	🇧🇷 Brazil	In captivity
6	North Carolina Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
7	Zlín-Lešná Zoo	🇨🇿 Czechia	In captivity
8	Ostrava Zoo	🇨🇿 Czechia	In captivity
9	Parc des oiseaux	🇫🇷 France	In captivity
10	Abilene Zoological Gardens	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
11	Le rocher des aigles	🇫🇷 France	In captivity
12	Zoobotanic Park of Brusque	🇧🇷 Brazil	In captivity
13	Zoo Miami	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
14	San Diego Zoo Safari Park	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
15	Living Desert Zoo and Gardens	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
16	Poznań Nowe Zoo	🇵🇱 Poland	In captivity
17	Bronx Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
18	Wildlife Safari	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
19	Ecological Center of Sonora	🇲🇽 Mexico	In captivity
20	Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
21	Parque y Zoológico Nacional Arquitecto Manuel Valverde Podestá	🇩🇴 Dominican Republic	In captivity
22	Blair Drummond Safari and Adventure Park	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	In captivity
23	Phoenix Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
24	Flamingo Land Resort	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	In captivity
25	Wildgehege Hellenthal	🇩🇪 Germany	In captivity
26	Assiniboine Park Zoo	🇨🇦 Canada	In captivity
27	Hellabrunn Zoo	🇩🇪 Germany	In captivity
28	Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
29	Kyiv Zoo	🇺🇦 Ukraine	In captivity
30	Saint Louis Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
31	Caldwell Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
32	Parque Zoobotânico Getúlio Vargas	🇧🇷 Brazil	In captivity
33	Birds of prey	🇨🇦 Canada	In captivity
34	Fort Worth Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
35	Zoo Knoxville	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
36	Memphis Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
37	Hamilton Zoo	🇳🇿 New Zealand	In captivity
38	Houston Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
39	The Scottish Deer Centre	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	In captivity
40	Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
41	Zoo Opole	🇵🇱 Poland	In captivity
42	Zoológico Dois Irmãos	🇧🇷 Brazil	In captivity
43	Edmonton Valley Zoo	🇨🇦 Canada	In captivity
44	Chapultepec Zoo	🇲🇽 Mexico	In captivity
45	British Columbia Wildlife Park	🇨🇦 Canada	In captivity
46	Ecopark	🇦🇷 Argentina	In captivity
47	Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden	🇭🇺 Hungary	In captivity
48	Hogle Zoo	🇺🇸 United States	In captivity
49	Zoomarine	🇵🇹 Portugal	In captivity
50	Kharkiv Zoo	🇺🇦 Ukraine	In captivity

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Little Owls and Allies

Species in this group

Spotted Owlet

Burrowing Owl

Little Owl

Daily sighting probability by month

When they're spotted

Where to see Little Owls and Allies

Parks Ranked

Cities Ranked

Zoos & Centres Where Found