Burrowing Owl

• Scientific Name: Athene Cunicularia
• Common Name: Burrowing Owl
• Diet: insects, other arthropods, small animals
• Color: brown
• Size: 9.5 inches
• Active Period: Year-round
• Habitat: valleys
• Field Identification: long legs, white throat, white eyebrows, barred breast, yellow eyes, no ear tufts, usually seen on ground, flat head, diurnal
• Nest: burrows
• Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
• Genus: Athene
• Family: Strigidae (owls)
• Order: Strigiformes
• Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
• Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
• Species: cunicularia