Sunda Owlet (Taenioptynx sylvaticus)
About the Sunda Owlet
The Sunda owlet (Taenioptynx sylvaticus) is a small owl from Borneo and Sumatra. This species was formerly treated as a subspecies of the collared owlet (Taenioptynx brodiei). It was promoted to a separate species based largely on the basis of a difference in vocalisation. There are two subspecies: T. s. sylvaticus (Bonaparte, 1850) - montane Sumatra T. s. borneensis (Sharpe, 1893) - montane Borneo.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 18 recordings for this species: 8 CC BY-NC-SA · 3 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
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Listed as recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- Collared OwletTaenioptynx brodieirecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.