FOOD OF THE EAGLE OWL (BUBO-BUBO ZAISSANENSIS, CHACHLOV) IN SOUTHERN KIRGHIZIA (OSH DISTRICT)

Skeletal remnants originating from eagle owl pellets were collected in Southern Kirghizia in June, 1988 and May, 1990. 23 pellet samples fro m 13 localities were collected altogether, and 4 689 food items, belon ging to 31 mammalian taxa, 69 taxa of birds, and several species of lo wer vertebrates and invertebrates, were determined. Particular foragin g strategy types, distinctly differentiated altitudinally, were derive d on the basis of comparison of the samples studied. The results of ow l food analyses were compared to the quantitative data on the small ma mmal fauna obtained by snap-trapping.