Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) COSEWIC assessment and status report
Official title: COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the Burrowing Owl in Canada
Table of contents
- Assessment Summary
- Executive Summary
- COSEWIC History, Mandate, Membership and Definitions
- Lists of Figures and Appendices
- Species Information
- Distribution
- Habitat
- Biology
- Population Sizes and Trends
- Limiting Factors and Threats
- Special Significance of the Species
- Existing Protection or Other Status Designations
- Technical Summary
- Acknowledgements and Information Sources
- Biographical Summary of Report Writer and Authorities Contacted
- Appendix 1: Potential Aboriginal Lands where Burrowing Owls May Occur as of October 2004
COSEWIC
Assessment and Update Status Report
on the
Burrowing Owl
Athene Cunicularia
in Canada
Endangered
2006
COSEWIC
Committee on the Status
of Endangered Wildlife
in Canada
COSEPAC
Comité sur la situation
des espèces en péril
au Canada
COSEWIC status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk. This report may be cited as follows:
COSEWIC. 2006. COSEWIC assessment and update status report on the Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vii + 31 pp.
(Species at Risk Status Reports)
Previous Reports:
COSEWIC 2000. COSEWIC assessment and update status report the on Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. vi + 35 pp.
Wellicome, T.I. and E.A. Haug. 995. Second updated COSEWIC status report on the Burrowing Owl Speotyto cunicularia in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 1-37 pp.
Haug, E.A. and A.B. Didiuk. 991. Updated COSEWIC status report on the Burrowing Owl Speotyto cunicularia in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 1-35 pp.
Wedgwood, J.A. 1979. COSEWIC status report on the Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. 1-90 pp.
COSEWIC would like to acknowledge David A. Wiggins for writing the update status report on the Burrowing Owl Athene cunicularia in Canada, prepared under contract with Environment Canada, overseen and edited by Richard Cannings, Co-chair, COSEWIC Birds Species Specialist Subcommittee.
For additional copies contact:
COSEWIC Secretariat
c/o Canadian Wildlife Service
Environment Canada
Ottawa ON
K1A 0H3
Tel.: 819–953–3215
Fax: 819–994–3684
E-mail: COSEWIC/COSEPAC@ec.gc.ca
http://www.cosewic.gc.ca
Également disponible en français sous le titre Évaluation et Rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur a Chevêche des terriers (Athene cunicularia) au Canada – Mise à jour.
Cover illustration:
Burrowing Owl -- ©Photo: Geoff Holroyd.
© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada 2006
Catalogue No.: CW69-14/4-2006E-PDF
ISBN: 0-662-43233-9
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