Least ConcernBurrowing Owl
Athene cunicularia
30 countries21 parks
Species group · Birds
WAnimals has 4 species of owlet, in the family Strigidae.
Ranges calculated from the profiles that record the figure, not from all 4.
Each one has its own full profile. This group does not replace them: it brings them together.
No species documented in this group is genuinely at risk according to the IUCN, with the data available today.
Recorded in 100 countries. The ones with the most species in the group:
Its name literally means "wise digger".
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It nests underground, in burrows of its own or inherited from mammals.
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It lines the entrance of its burrow with cattle dung, possibly to attract insects.
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It is one of the smallest owls in the world and usually nests in holes cut by woodpeckers in the great saguaro cacti of the Sonoran Desert.
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It is the smallest owl in the world: it weighs the same as two coins and fits in the palm of a hand.
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It depends on woodpeckers and on saguaros: the woodpeckers excavate the cavity, the cactus heals it over into an insulating chamber known as a saguaro boot, and the owl moves in years later.
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It is the smallest owl in all of Europe.
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It catches birds almost as large as itself in mid-air.
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