All hail @anon6798@lemmy.world !

No, seriously, your owl posts ( and not only posting images, but always important context. Not just context copied from the source, mind you. ) are superb.

Aww, you're too kind. I'm glad you got to see some of these adorable little ones in person!

I started doing it as a silly thing, but you all have made it so rewarding, and I look forward to hearing from you guys and seeing you have fun as a group every day. Especially now, it feels good to be constantly providing you with something positive every day.

I feel a bit cheesy promoting something about myself, but someone is working on a monthly best of Lemmy poll, and some people have tossed my name into it, so if you wish to vote for me, which I will consider as a vote for us, as that is less awkward to me, you got vote for SuperbOwl here.

Thank you again for you guys coming here every day and making this a fun place together!

Great shot! I saw my first ever burrowing owl in Brazil, although in the Pantanal instead of Brasilia. After trying and failing multiple times to see them in the US, I spotted this one the first day I was in the Pantanal

Edit: spelling

Really nice photo! (And thanks anon!)

I was looking at your photo a few times and kept noticing how brown the face looked compared to the photos I normally see of Burrowing Owls, so I looked for a guide to subspecies.

It looks like one of the main subspecies of Brazil, A. c. grallaria, is known to have more brownish upper colorations. Here is the full description:

A. c. grallaria (Temminck, 1822). Includes A. c. beckeri (Cory, 1915). Resident across arid central and eastern Brazil [type locality = Faxina, São Paulo, Brazil]. Fairly large (wing>168 mm); dorsum dark with rufous wash; scapular spots small; ventrum dark, with buff wash on belly; chest band spotted; ventral bars rusty.

For the full guide, see here. It sounds like not much work has been done since many initial studies decades ago, but it's a good starting point for seeing some of the regional distinctions.