Burrowing Owl

Athene cunicularia

Order

STRIGIFORMES

Family

True Owls (Strigidae)

Code 4

BUOW

Code 6

ATHCUN

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Hooked
Eye Color: Typically lemon yellow in adults, but increasingly reported as chocolate, brown, or olive as well, especially in Florida.
Head Pattern: Eyeline, Spotted, Unique pattern
Crown Color: Brown with white spotting.
Forehead Color: Brown with white spotting and white eyebrows.
Nape Color: Brown with white spotting.
Throat Color: White
Cere color: Blue, Gray

BODY

Length Range: 23-28 cm (9-11 in)
Weight: 150 g (5.3 oz)
Size: 3. Medium (9 - 16 in)
Color Primary: Brown
Underparts: Buff-white with horizontal brown barring and brown breast with white spotting.
Upperparts: Brown with white spotting.
Back Pattern: Spotted or speckled
Belly Pattern: Barred or banded
Breast Pattern: Barred or banded, Spotted or speckled

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Buoyant erratic flight., Silent wing beats.
Wingspan Range: 51-61 cm (20-24 in)
Wing Shape: Long-Wings
Tail Shape: Notched Tail
Tail Pattern: Brown overall with faint spotting.
Upper Tail: Brown with white spotting.
Under Tail: White
Leg Color: Feathered in white.

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