Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (38)
- Subspecies (18)
Ray G. Poulin, L. Danielle Todd, E. A. Haug, B. A. Millsap, and Mark S. Martell
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 31, 2011
Text last updated August 31, 2011
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Кукумявка подземник |
| Catalan | mussol de lloriguera |
| Croatian | ćuk jamar |
| Czech | sýček králičí |
| Dutch | Holenuil |
| English | Burrowing Owl |
| English (United States) | Burrowing Owl |
| French | Chevêche des terriers |
| French (France) | Chevêche des terriers |
| German | Kaninchenkauz |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Koukou |
| Icelandic | Grafugla |
| Japanese | アナホリフクロウ |
| Norwegian | graveugle |
| Polish | pójdźka ziemna |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | coruja-buraqueira |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Coruja-buraqueira |
| Russian | Кроличий сыч |
| Serbian | Sova jamarka |
| Slovak | kuvik zemný |
| Spanish | Mochuelo de Madriguera |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Lechucita Vizcachera |
| Spanish (Chile) | Pequén |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Lechuza Llanera |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Sijú de sabana |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Cucú |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Búho Terrestre |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Tecolote Sabanero |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Tecolote Llanero |
| Spanish (Panama) | Búho Terrestre |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Lechucita vizcachera |
| Spanish (Peru) | Lechuza Terrestre |
| Spanish (Spain) | Mochuelo de madriguera |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Lechucita de Campo |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Mochuelo de Hoyo |
| Swedish | prärieuggla |
| Turkish | Yer Kukumavı |
| Ukrainian | Сич американський |
Athene cunicularia (Molina, 1782)
PROTONYM:
Strix Cunicularia
Molina, 1782. Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili, p.263.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Chile.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- ATHENE
- athene
- cunicularia / cunicularius
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
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