Diet of Barn Owl Tyto alba and Tawny Owl Strix aluco in central Anatolia, Turkey

摘要

INTRODUCTION The Barn Owl Tyto alba and Tawny Owl Strix aluco are widespread in Europe, but in Anatolian Turkey they occur mainly along the coast (K?nig & Weick 2008). Records of Barn Owl from inner Anatolia are scarce (Kasparek 1988). In contrast with Europe, where the feeding biology of both owl species is well studied (Cramp & Simmons 1988), data from Anatolia have been collected sporadically by various authors. Contributions to the Barn Owl's diet from Turkey were made by Hope (1986), Kasparek (1988), Niethammer (1989), Brinkmann et al (1990) and Obuch & Benda (2009), mainly from the coast and islands. Data on Tawny Owl diet were provided by Kock (1990), Obuch (1994,2011) and Arslangündo?du et al (2013). We present additional data on the diet and distribution of these owl species in central Anatolia.