Abstract

Owl Beliefs in Kyrgyzstan and Some Comparison with Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Turkmenistan

Highlights

  • The entire area of the Kyrgyz Republic is 200,000 km2 making it roughly five times the size of Switzerland

  • Hunting is not very common in the Kyrgyzstan, and it is generally restricted to quails, pheasants, partridges, ducks and pigeons

  • According to Van der Ven [1] some 400 different bird species have been seen in the Kyrgyz Republic, these including 10 owl species: common scops owl (Otus scops), pallid scops owl (Otus brucei), snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus), Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo), tawny owl (Strix aluco), northern hawk owl (Surnia ulula), little owl (Athene noctua), Tengmalm’s owl (Aegolius funereus), long-eared owl (Asio otus) and short-eared owl (Asio flammeus)

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Summary

Introduction

The entire area of the Kyrgyz Republic is 200,000 km making it roughly five times the size of Switzerland. People are generally not very interested in birds and ignore them just as they do with many other things and items that do not belong to them. It seems that hunters are people who still go into the field. According to Van der Ven [1] some 400 different bird species have been seen in the Kyrgyz Republic, these including 10 owl species: common scops owl (Otus scops), pallid scops owl (Otus brucei), snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus), Eurasian eagle owl (Bubo bubo), tawny owl (Strix aluco), northern hawk owl (Surnia ulula), little owl (Athene noctua), Tengmalm’s owl (Aegolius funereus), long-eared owl (Asio otus) and short-eared owl (Asio flammeus). The Red Data Book of Kyrgyz Republic [3] includes two owl species: Eurasian eagle owl and tawny owl (Figure 1) in Status VII, Least Concern (LC)

Methods
General owl knowledge
Identification of owl species
Biotopes
Attitudes towards owls
Owl classifications
Have you, or somebody you know, used owl eggs for some purpose?
Kazakhstan
Mongolia
Turkmenistan

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