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Owl

Athene cunicularia

Description:

Owl = "Coruja buraqueira" Picture taken by Guilherme Paula

Habitat:

This lovely bird is very common in Brasília - It lives in holes in the ground and it loves to hunt at night time.

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Coruja buraqueira (Burrowing Owl)
Athene cunicularia Burrowing Owl


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3 Comments

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 11 years ago

Guilherme, could you please add this to the Global Urban biodiversity Mission?

http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/3501...

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 12 years ago

Excellent to put under the Biodiversity Misson. Cool!

Liam
Liam 12 years ago

Hehe. What a great shot!

Brasília, Brazil

Spotted on Feb 10, 2011
Submitted on Nov 29, 2011

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