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 Subregions widespread
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Anguilla,Antigua and Barbuda,Argentina,Bahamas,Belize,Bolivia,Brazil,Canada,Chile,Colombia, Cuba,Dominican Republic,Ecuador - mainland,El Salvador,Guatemala,Guyana,Haiti,Mexico,Netherlands Antilles,Paraguay, Peru,Saint Kitts and Nevis,Suriname,United States - mainland,Uruguay,Venezuela,
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, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
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)