🦉Burrowing Owl
Der Kaninchenkauz (Athene cunicularia), auch Kaninchen-Eule, Präriekauz, Prärieeule oder Höhleneule genannt, ist eine Eule aus der Gattung der Steinkäuze (Athene), die sich durch sehr lange Beine auszeichnet. Er lebt als Bodenbewohner in den Grassteppen des westlichen Nord- und Südamerikas bis zum Kap Hoorn, außerdem kommt er in isolierten Populationen in Florida und auf einigen Karibischen Inseln vor.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.
- Body mass
- 0.15 kg
- Body length
- not recorded
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 11 years
Everything we know about the Burrowing Owl
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.15 kgAVONETOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 0.15 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Tail length0.08 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Wing length0.18 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Beak length0.02 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Tarsus length0.04 mAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan11 yearsAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
data quality: acceptable
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Gestation28 daysAnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 8AnAgeDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Trophic levelCarnivoreAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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HabitatGrasslandAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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LifestyleGeneralistAVONETDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.2 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Burrowing Owl yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classAves
- ›orderStrigiformes
- ›familyStrigidae
- ›genusAthene
- ›speciesAthene cunicularia
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- orderOwls · Strigiformes
- familyStrigidae
All 11 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- orderSauria
- classBirds · Aves
- orderOwls · Strigiformes
- familyStrigidae
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