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Burrowing Owl (Holenuil)




Burrowing Owl - Athene cunicularia (Speotyto cunicularia) - Holenuil (Konijnenuil)
North- and South-America, from British Columbia (Canada) to Patagonia (Argentina).

The following 18 subspecies are being recognized:
Athene cunicularia hypugaea - Southwest-Canada to West-Mexico;
Athene cunicularia rostrata - Isla Clarión (Revillagigedo Islands off West-Mexico);
Athene cunicularia floridana - Central- and South-Florida, Bahamas;
Athene cunicularia amaura - Formerly Nevis and Antigua (West-Indies). Extinct;
Athene cunicularia guadeloupensis - Formerly Guedaloupe (West-Indies). Extinct;
Athene cunicularia guantanamensis - Cuba;
Athene cunicularia troglodytes - Hispaniola, Gonâve and Beata Islands;
Athene cunicularia brachyptera - West- and North-Venezuela, Margarita Island and Aruba;
Athene cunicularia minor - Central- and Southeast-Venezuela, South-Guyana, North-Brazil;
Athene cunicularia carrikeri - East-Colombia;
Athene cunicularia tolimae - West-Colombia;
Athene cunicularia pichinchae - West-Ecuador;
Athene cunicularia nanodes - Southwest-Ecuador to Southwest-Peru and North-Chile;
Athene cunicularia juninensis - Southcentral-Peru to West-Bolivia and Northwest-Argentina;
Athene cunicularia boliviana - Bolivia;
Athene cunicularia grallaria - East- and Central-Brazil;
Athene cunicularia cunicularia - South-Brazil to Paraguay and Tierra del Fuego;
Athene cunicularia partridgei - North-Argentina (Corrientes Province).

Of this species there are also Zoo Photo's available.


Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia floridana
Burrowing Owl
Athene cunicularia floridana		 Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia floridana
Burrowing Owl
Athene cunicularia floridana		 Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia floridana
Burrowing Owl
Athene cunicularia floridana		 Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia floridana
Burrowing Owl
Athene cunicularia floridana		 Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia floridana
Burrowing Owl
Athene cunicularia floridana
Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia floridana
Burrowing Owl
Athene cunicularia floridana		 Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia hypugaea
Burrowing Owl
Athene cunicularia hypugaea
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