Burrowing Owl in native South Florida scrub/sand terrain.
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Photo Properties
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi
Aperture Value
f/11
Color Space
sRGB
Exposure Bias Value
0 EV
Exposure Program
Aperture Priority
Flash
No Flash
Focal Length
300 mm
ISO
200
Metering Mode
Average
Shutter Speed Value
1/250 sec
Date/Time
Sun 15 Jun 2008 05:21:53 AM EDT
English Burrowing Owl Scientific (Athene cunicularia) Order STRIGIFORMES Family (Latin) Strigidae Family (English) Owls Other name(s) Breeding Regions NA, MA, SA Breeding Range widespread Nonbreeding Range Countries (BETA)map Anguilla,Antigua and Barbuda,Argentina,Bahamas,Belize,Bolivia,Brazil,Canada,Chile,Colombia, IOC 9.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range hypugaea sw Canada to w Mexico cunicularia s Bolivia, Paraguay and s Brazil to Tierra del Fuego grallaria e, c Brazil boliviana Bolivia juninensis sc Peru to w Bolivia and nw Argentina nanodes sw Ecuador to sw Peru and n Chile pichinchae w Ecuador tolimae w Colombia carrikeri e Colombia minor c, se Venezuela, s Guyana and n Brazil brachyptera wc, nc Venezuela, Margarita I. (off n Venezuela) and Aruba (Netherlands Antilles) troglodytes Hispaniola, Gonâve and Beata Is. guantanamensis Cuba guadeloupensis † Guadeloupe (n Lesser Antilles) amaura † Antigua and Nevis (Lesser Antilles) floridana c, s Florida (USA) and Bahamas rostrata Clarion I. (off w Mexico) partridgei Corrientes (n Argentina)
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet ) Described by (Molina, 1782) German Kaninchenkauz French Chevêche des terriers Chinese 穴小鸮 Japanese アナホリフクロウ Russian Кроличий сыч Spanish Mochuelo de madriguera Portuguese coruja-buraqueira Bird Data App text Locally common. Small (sometimes large) groups build nests and decoy nests by digging holes in open grassy areas.
Show Breeding Range Codes and IUCN Status Codes
Breeding Range Codes AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) AN Antarctica AO Atlantic Ocean AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, EU Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) IO Indian Ocean LA Latin America (Middle and South America) MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama) NA North America (includes the Caribbean) NO Northern oceans OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) PO Pacific Ocean SA South America SO Southern oceans TO Temperate oceans TrO Tropical oceans Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes EX Extinct EW Extinct in the wild CR Critically Endangered EN Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened LC Least Concern DD Data deficient NE Not evaluated PE Probably extinct (informal) PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)
