Geographic range:
Nearctic, Neotropical: From W North America, through
Mexico down to Central America, Caribbean and locally South America.
In Mexico almost throughout, but distribution throughout the year
poorly known.
Physical characteristics: Middle
-sized owl, with pale brown facial disk and white brows and collar
on throat. Overall color sandy brown, barred with pale buff. Chest
displays strongest barring. Legs long, toes bristled.
Food
habits: Predator. Primarily hunts for small vertebrates.
Reproduction: Nests in burrows,
often in colony. Typical clutch has 7- 9 eggs.
Behavior:
Hunts from perches. Also often during the day. Terrestrial.
Habitat: Arid to semiarid, open to semi open country. |
|
