Endangered Species Series: Widely persecuted for the sake of irrational beliefs, and with most of their nest trees being felled for timber, the forest owlet is a species in danger The Forest Owlet has been listed as critically endangered by BirdLife International and it is protected under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. Listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List since 2018, the population is estimated at less than 1,000 mature individuals. The forest owlet is now critically endangered as per the International Union for Conservation of Nature list and Schedule I of the Wildlife Protection Act of India. For a long time they were thought to be extinct. Not all types of owls are. Forest Owlet (Athene blewitti) is an endangered bird that is endemic to Central India.They are small and stocky, just 9 inches tall. The forest owlet is small and stocky. The forest owlet was first officially described by zoologists in 1873, and only a little over a decade in 1884, they disappeared. Facts Summary: The Forest Owlet (Heteroglaux blewitti) is a species of concern belonging in the species group "birds" and found in the following area(s): India.This species is also known by the following name(s): Athene blewitti, Forest Little Owl, Forest Spotted Owlet. Endangered owls include the Pernambuco Pygmy-owl, Angouan scops-owl, and Forest owlet. For comparison, the barred owl (Strix varia) is 19 inches tall.Forest Owlets eat mostly lizards (60 percent of their diet) but will also eat … In fact, not exactly. "We were not able to find even one pair in and around the woods in Chhattisgarh. It has a rather unspotted crown and heavily banded wings. Forest Owlet. That was, until 1997, 103 years later, that Pamela Rasmussen found another. The Forest Owlet This critically endangered species of Owlet is found in the shrinking forests of central India. On Forest Owlet Conservation Day that fell on October 24, bird watchers had spotted the endangered bird quite a few times.