Athene cunicularia (Molina, 1782)

Fischer, Wagner, Faria de Godoi, Raquel & Conceição Paranhos Filho, Antonio, 2018, Roadkill records of reptiles and birds in Cerrado and Pantanal landscapes, Check List 14 (5), pp. 845-876 : 871

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.15560/14.5.845

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5477774

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D587C4-FA53-7658-FDEB-FA0A162459FE

treatment provided by

Marcus

scientific name

Athene cunicularia (Molina, 1782)
status

 

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Records. Table 3.

Burrowing Owls are a small-bodied species (Wc = 18.0 cm) and individuals had round heads, lacked ear tufts, and had relatively long legs ( Fig. 15). The plumage was sandy brown on the upperparts with whitish spots on the body, while the face was adorned with bold whitish eyebrows and a prominent white chin stripe; the underparts were buff-white with brown barring.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Aves

Order

Strigiformes

Family

Strigidae

Genus

Athene

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