Burrowing owl
Athene cunicularia
Identification Tips:
- Sexes similar
- Fairly small, long-legged, ground-dwelling owl
- Yellow eyes and yellow bill
- Brown upperparts with white spotting on the back, wings, and head
- Dark chest with white spotting
- White belly with brown barring
- Face mostly whitish with brown auriculars
- Juvenile has buffy to whitish underparts
Similar species:
No other owl is so long-legged and is found in the same habitat.