Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 63(2): 161-167, doi: 10.3897/travaux.63.e53867
Orthopterans (Insecta: Orthoptera) of conservation value in the Eurasian Eagle Owl Bubo bubo food in Bulgaria
expand article infoDragan Chobanov, Boyan Milchev§
‡ Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Sofia, Bulgaria§ University of Forestry, Wildlife Management Department, Sofia, Bulgaria
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Abstract
Three species of Bush-crickets (Orthoptera) of conservation value or poorly known were found in the Eurasian Eagle Owl food in southeastern Bulgaria. Their localities are new country records and two of them cover Natura 2000 SCI zones. The repeated predation on Bradyporus macrogaster in UTM square MG99 confirms the potential of this area for a new Natura 2000 site.
Keywords
Bush-cricket, Tettigoniidae, pellet analysis, Natura 2000