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The burrowing owl is sometimes classified in the monotypic genus Speotyto (based on an overall unique morphology and karyotype). Osteology and DNA sequence data, though, suggests that the burrowing owl is a terrestrial member of the little owls genus (Athene), thus it is placed in that group today, by most authorities.
The type species was designated as the little owl (Athene noctua) by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1841. [2] [3] The genus name is from the little owl which was closely associated with the Greek goddess Athena, and often depicted with her. Her original role as a goddess of the night might explain the link to an owl. [4]
Where there are no trees, like in the Arctic, the huge snowy owl will nest on the ground. The burrowing owl will borrow a burrow created by a burrowing rodent. The elf owl, our smallest, often ...
The little owl is partly diurnal and often perches boldly and prominently during the day. [14] If living in an area with a large amount of human activity, little owls may grow used to humans and will remain on their perch, often in full view, while people are around. The little owl has a life expectancy of about 16 years. [12]
A family portrait of burrowing owls in Florida. Open grasslands are shrinking where the tiny burrowing owl makes its home nesting in underground burrows.
A renewed effort to list burrowing owls under the California Endangered Species Act just cleared an early hurdle. Conservationists say the situation for the owls that nest underground has only ...
Burrowing owl: Athene cunicularia (Molina, 1782) 71 Little owl: Athene noctua (Scopoli, 1769) 72 Spotted owlet: Athene brama (Temminck, 1821) 73 West Solomons owl:
Image credits: an1malpulse #5. Animal campaigners are calling for a ban on the public sale of fireworks after a baby red panda was thought to have died from stress related to the noise.