Burrowing
COMMON NAME BURROWING OWL
SCIENTIFIC NAME Athene cunicularia
HEIGHT 200mm to 260mm
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION North, Central and Southern America
HABITAT Open grassland
DIET Insects, especially large beetles and crickets, small rodents for example, kangaroo rats and voles and small birds
STATUS Locally threatened

THESE ARE THE BURROWING OWLS WE HAVE AT THE SANCTUARY

NAME SEX HATCHED STATUS
MAJOR MALE 1995 BREEDING OWL
ZAPPER FEMALE 1995 BREEDING OWL


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