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  2. Burrowing owl - Wikipedia

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    A burrowing owl makes a home out of a buried piece of pipe. A. c. floridana by its burrow in Florida. The burrowing owl is endangered in Canada [30] and threatened in Mexico. It is a state threatened species in Colorado and Florida [31] and a California species of special concern.

  3. 40 Facts About Animals That Might Make You Look Like The ...

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    Burrowing owls statewide will be protected while the California Department of Fish and Wildlife conducts a full status review, which could last 12 to 18 months.

  4. 'Goofy' owls that nest underground become candidate for ... - AOL

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    The burrowing owl is a California species of special concern, a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service bird of conservation concern, and has protections under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act. It is not ...

  5. A renewed bid to protect burrowing owls is advancing. What ...

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    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 ...

  6. Owl - Wikipedia

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    Exceptions include the diurnal northern hawk-owl and the gregarious burrowing owl. Owls are divided into two families: the true (or typical) owl family, Strigidae, and the barn owl and bay owl family, Tytonidae. [2] Owls hunt mostly small mammals, insects, and other birds, although a few species specialize in hunting fish. They are found in all ...

  7. Athene cunicularia arubensis - Wikipedia

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    Based on behavior and vocalizations, it is believed that the shoco is most likely a distinct and separate species of owl. Furthermore, it is suspected that the shoco has been present on Aruba for at least over one and a half million years. [2] Aruba is the only country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands that has a burrowing owl.

  8. Burrowing owl faces 'death by a thousand cuts,' advocates say

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    Advocates say the decline of the burrowing owl in California has accelerated. They want the state to add the bird to the endangered or threatened list.

  9. Athene (bird) - Wikipedia

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    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]