
Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
They live in wide-open, sparsely vegetated areas like prairies, deserts, grasslands and agricultural fields. Rapidly urbanizing areas lead these versatile birds to nest in whatever open areas they …
Burrowing Owl Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of …
Burrowing Owls are small, sandy colored owls with bright-yellow eyes. They live underground in burrows they’ve dug themselves or taken over from a prairie dog, ground squirrel, or tortoise. …
Burrowing Owl - Facts, Habitat, Diet, Life Cycle, Pictures
The burrowing owls are not a forest species. These birds are fond of wide and dry regions that include savannahs, prairies, grasslands and even deserts and farmlands.
Burrowing owl - Wikipedia
Burrowing owl ... The burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia), also called the shoco, is a small, long-legged, primarily terrestrial —though not flightless — species of owl native to the open …
Burrowing Owl | Audubon Field Guide
Colorful fiction once held that owls, prairie-dogs, and rattlesnakes would all live in the same burrow at once. A long-legged owl of open country, often active by day, the Burrowing Owl is …
Burrowing Owl - National Wildlife Federation
Burrowing owls can be seen year-round in Florida, Mexico, and parts of South America, excluding the Amazon rain forest. Burrowing owls live in burrows dug by other animals in open, treeless …
Burrowing Owl Bird Facts (Athene cunicularia) | Birdfact
Burrowing Owls inhabit open, treeless areas such as grasslands, prairies, deserts, and agricultural lands. They're found across the Americas, from western Canada to southern South …
Burrowing Owl Facts – Burrowing Owl Conservation Network ǀ …
Burrowing Owls primarily feed on insects and small mammals, but they will also eat reptiles and amphibians. Burrowing Owls hunt while walking or running across the ground and by …
Burrowing owl - Wyoming Game and Fish Department
In Wyoming, the burrowing owl is a species of greatest conservation need. Burrowing owls are extremely reliant on habitat that also overlaps some with prairie dogs. These innovative owls …
Burrowing owl - Smithsonian's National Zoo
Burrowing owls are one of the smallest owl species. Unlike most owls, they are very active during the day and nest in underground burrows. They are native to the deserts, plains and fields of …