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C IUCN · LC · Least Concern Strigiformes Strigidae

Burrowing Owl

Athene cunicularia

2974 / 11068

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Illustration · not to scale

Body Mass
150.6 g
Diet
Vertebrates
Migration
Resident

⚔️ Ecological Combat Rationale

ATK 106

Apex raptor equipped with razor-sharp talons and curved beak, applying devastating dive kinetic energy (ATK 106).

DEF 67

Dense plumage insulation and vigilant aerial positioning reducing ground strike vulnerability (DEF 67).

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🌍 Range & Habitat

Distribution: North America & Middle America & South America: widespread Habitat: Grassland & Savanna
18 · Subspecies & regional ranges
  • Athene cunicularia hypugaea

    sw Canada to w Mexico

  • Athene cunicularia rostrata

    Clarion I. (off w Mexico)

  • Athene cunicularia floridana

    c, s Florida (USA) and Bahamas

  • Athene cunicularia amaura · Extinct

    Antigua and Nevis (Lesser Antilles)

  • Athene cunicularia guadeloupensis · Extinct

    Guadeloupe (n Lesser Antilles)

  • Athene cunicularia guantanamensis

    Cuba

  • Athene cunicularia troglodytes

    Hispaniola, Gonâve and Beata Is.

  • Athene cunicularia brachyptera

    wc, nc Venezuela, Margarita I. (off n Venezuela) and Aruba (Netherlands Antilles)

  • Athene cunicularia minor

    c, se Venezuela, s Guyana and n Brazil

  • Athene cunicularia carrikeri

    e Colombia

  • Athene cunicularia tolimae

    w Colombia

  • Athene cunicularia pichinchae

    w Ecuador

  • Athene cunicularia nanodes

    sw Ecuador to sw Peru and n Chile

  • Athene cunicularia juninensis

    sc Peru to w Bolivia and nw Argentina

  • Athene cunicularia boliviana

    Bolivia

  • Athene cunicularia grallaria

    e, c Brazil

  • Athene cunicularia cunicularia

    s Bolivia, Paraguay and s Brazil to Tierra del Fuego

  • Athene cunicularia partridgei

    Corrientes (n Argentina)

IOC World Bird List 15.2 ↗

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