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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 Nature Photo's available.
Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia ssp. |
Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia ssp. |
Konijnenuil |
Konijnenuil |
Konijnenuil |
Konijnenuil |