Mottled Wood Owl

Mottled Wood Owl

Strix ocellata

Least ConcernNear ThreatenedVulnerableEndangeredCritically Endangered Endemic
<5% · Rare
overall probability at Kanha National Park
101 Verified records at Kanha National Park
September Best month highest sighting rate

<5% of wildlife watchers report a Mottled Wood Owl sighting in Kanha National Park, based on 101 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

Closest Relatives at Kanha National Park

Brown Wood Owl
LC

Brown Wood Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Strix leptogrammica

<5% · Rare
Jungle Owlet
LC

Jungle Owlet

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Glaucidium radiatum

60–70% · Likely
Spotted Owlet
LC

Spotted Owlet

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Athene brama

10–20% · With luck
Indian Scops-Owl
LC

Indian Scops-Owl

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Otus bakkamoena

10–20% · With luck
Brown Boobook
LC

Brown Boobook

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Ninox scutulata

5–10% · With luck
Oriental Scops Owl
LC

Oriental Scops Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Otus sunia

5–10% · With luck
Brown Fish-Owl
LC

Brown Fish-Owl

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Ketupa zeylonensis

5–10% · With luck
Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl

Spot-bellied Eagle-Owl

🌅 Crepuscular Bird

Ketupa nipalensis

<5% · Rare
Short-eared Owl
LC Endemic

Short-eared Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Asio flammeus

<5% · Rare
Eastern Barn Owl

Eastern Barn Owl

☀️🌙 Day & Night Bird

Tyto javanica

<5% · Rare

📅 Monthly Probability

<5
Jan
<5
Feb
<5
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
<5
Jun
<5
Jul
<5
Aug
5–10
Sep
<5
Oct
<5
Nov
<5
Dec

🕐 When They’re Spotted

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Sightings of Mottled Wood Owl are recorded here, but fewer than 5 of them carry a time of day in GBIF — sighting probability uses whole days, so it is unaffected. The hourly pattern needs timestamps we don't have yet.

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Bandipur National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
2 Bandhavgarh National Park 🇮🇳 India
5–10%
3 Royal Bardia National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
5–10%
4 Satpura National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
5 Kanha National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
6 Nagarhole National Park 🇮🇳 India
<5%
7 Chitwan National Park 🇳🇵 Nepal
Insufficient data
8 Ranthambore National Park 🇮🇳 India
Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Mottled Wood Owl in Kanha National Park?

About 2% of wildlife watchers report a Mottled Wood Owl sighting in Kanha National Park, based on 101 days of visitor records from GBIF citizen-science data.

When is the best time to see Mottled Wood Owl in Kanha National Park?

September has the highest sighting rate for Mottled Wood Owl in Kanha National Park in our monthly data.

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