Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Burrowing owls are small, unusual owls that nest in underground burrows instead of trees. 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 can find, including vacant lots, road medians and airports.
Burrowing Owl Life History - All About Birds
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. They live in grasslands, deserts, and other open habitats, where …
Burrowing Owl Facts, Habitat, Diet, Life Cycle, Baby, Pictures
Habitat: Where do Burrowing Owls live. 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. They are also found in city parks, golf courses, and similar places in …
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 popular with humans wherever it occurs, but it has become rare in …
Burrowing Owl - All About Birds
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. They live in grasslands, deserts, and other open habitats, where …
Burrowing Owl - American Bird Conservancy
Inhabiting wide-open spaces, this owl perches on the ground, where it's effectively camouflaged by its brown and white-speckled plumage. When threatened, it will often run or flatten itself against the ground, rather than fly away.
Burrowing owl - Wikipedia
The burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia), also called the shoco, is a small, long-legged owl found throughout open landscapes of North and South America. Burrowing owls can be found in grasslands, rangelands, agricultural areas, deserts, or …
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 spaces. In the U.S. they are most abundant in the burrows of various prairie dog species.
Burrowing owl | Adaptations, Habitat, & Facts | Britannica
burrowing owl, (Athene cunicularia), small owl of the family Strigidae (order Strigiformes) that inhabits prairie lands of the Western Hemisphere from southwestern Canada to Tierra del Fuego. Burrowing owls live in holes abandoned by other animals. They eat …
Burrowing Owl - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bio
Burrowing owls are common and widespread in open regions of many countries in Central and South America. However, these birds are endangered in Canada and threatened in Mexico. They are a state-threatened species in Colorado and Florida.