Habitat Home Range and Distribution Habitat Nesting and Brood Rearing Population Threats Management References Pictures Links Burrowing owls inhabit a wide range of climates, occupying temperate, mediteranean, tropical winter-dry savannah, steppe, desert, and alpine zones. Temperature limits approximate the isotherms of 12° C in January in Tierra del Fuego, South America, and 23° C in July in Canada (Voous, 1988). Original habitat consisted of natural grasslands, and now includes other open areas such as farmland, graze land, large forest clearings, airports, golf courses and open areas in suburbs (Voous, 1988, Peterson, 1990) and occasionally inner cities.