Korean Journal of Environment and Ecology (한국환경생태학회지)

Korean Society of Environment and Ecology (한국환경생태학회)
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Diets and Foraging Tactics of Eurasian Eagle Owls(Bubo bubo) in Two Different Habitat Types

서로 다른 환경에서 서식하는 수리부엉이(Bubo bubo)의 먹이 이용

  • 남현영 (서울대학교 생명과학부) ;
  • 이우신 (서울대학교 산림과학부) ;
  • 최창용 (국립공원연구원 철새연구센터)
  • Published : 2007.03.30
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Abstract

Pellets and prey remains were analyzed to compare diets and foraging tactics of Eurasian eagle owls (Bubo bubo) in two different habitat types: forested areas and open fields. Overall 150 prey items of three taxa were identified from 66 pellets and 82 prey remains, and the birds were the most important prey in biomass (78.04%) and in frequency (56.67%). Eurasian eagle owls frequently used rats (Rattus spp.), ring-necked pheasants (Phasianus colchicus), and stripped field mice (Apodemus agrarius), but the ring-necked pheasant was most important in biomass in both habitat types. The owls generally foraged various prey in biomass but the mean mass of vertebrate prey used by the Eurasian eagle owls was 503.3g in central Korea. According to the comparison of diets in the two different habitat types, the owls used bigger and more diverse prey in forested areas than in open fields. In forested areas, the Eurasian eagle owls frequently foraged the pheasants and Mandarin ducks (Aix galericulata), but they preferred prey of particular sizes to prey of particular taxa. In open fields, however, the owls showed opportunistic foraging tactics by selecting many small mammals such as rodents or a few large birds.

한국중부 지역에 서식하는 수리부엉이(Bubo bubo)의 먹이를 확인하고 서식 환경에 따른 먹이습성을 파악하기 위하여 사냥흔적 및 먹이 잔존물 82개, 소화되지 않은 먹이 덩어리인 펠릿(pellet) 55개를 각각 분석하였다. 그 결과 조류, 포유류 및 곤충으로 구성된 총 150개체의 먹이가 확인되었으며, 그 중 조류의 이용 빈도(56.67%) 및 생물량(78.04%)이 가장 높았다. 집쥐류(Rattus spp.), 꿩(Phasianus colchicus), 등줄쥐(Apodemus agrarius)를 흔히 이용하였으나, 생물량 측면에서 꿩이 가장 중요한 먹이로 나타났다. 척추동물을 기준으로 한 수리부엉이 먹이의 평균 생물량은 503.3g으로서 비교적 다양한 크기의 먹이를 포식하였으나, 개활지 보다 산림지역에서 더 크고 다양한 먹이를 이용하였다. 산림지역에서는 꿩과 원앙(Aix galericulata) 등의 조류를 많이 포식하였으나, 특정 분류군을 선호하기 보다 적정 크기의 먹이를 선호하는 양상을 보였다. 반면 개활지에서는 소형의 특정 포유류(설치류)에 의존하면서 큰 생물량을 가진 꿩 등의 조류를 일부 이용하는 기회주의적인 먹이습성을 보였다.

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