Analysis of skull morphometric characters in Owls (Strigiformes)
Online veröffentlicht: 25. Juli 2018
Seitenbereich: 41 - 53
Eingereicht: 03. Apr. 2018
Akzeptiert: 25. Juni 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/orhu-2018-0003
Schlüsselwörter
© 2018 Tibor Pecsics et al., published by Sciendo
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.
Owls (Strigiformes) are small to large birds, mostly solitary and nocturnal predators. They can be found all around the Earth except Antarctica and some remote islands. The species differ in size, diet and habitat, which led to different morphological adaptations of the skull. The main differences are in the