Species factsheet

Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia)

Order: Athene cunicularia
Family: Owls (Strigidae)

Danish name: Prærieugle

Voices can be found here (External link)

Subspecies and Distribution

hypugaea

sw Canada to w Mexico

rostrata

Clarion I. (off w Mexico)

floridana

c and s Florida (USA), Bahama Is.

guantanamensis

Cuba

troglodytes

Hispaniola, Gonáve and Beata Is.

arubensis

Aruba (Netherlands Antilles)

brachyptera

Margarita I. (off Venezuela)

apurensis

nc Venezuela

minor

s Guyana, n Brazil

carrikeri

e Colombia

tolimae

w Colombia

pichinchae

w Ecuador

punensis

sw Ecuador, nw Peru

intermedia

w Peru

nanodes

sw Peru

juninensis

sc Peru to w Bolivia and nw Argentina

boliviana

Bolivia

grallaria

e and c Brazil

cunicularia

s Bolivia, Paraguay and s Brazil to Tierra del Fuego

partridgei

Corrientes Prov. (n Argentina)

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