A first study on home range and habitat characteristics of a tawny owl breeding pair: a case study using direct tracking in the Korean Peninsula

摘要: Abstract This study investigated the home range and habitat characteristics in tawny owls (Strix aluco), a grade II endangered wildlife species from South Korea. We tracked breeding pair Gyeongbuk during their brooding period using an attached radio transmitter through satellite tracking system (WT-300: GPS-Mobile phone based Telemetry). The subjects had consecutively reproduced same nest for two years (2016–2017). female's location data (six coordinates) were collected 2016, whereas male's (12 2017. Kernel density estimates used to determine pair's core habitats; male greater movement (2,133,971 m2) at 95% kernel estimate than female (19,572 m2). was mostly mixed forest (50.6%), followed by coniferous (13.4%), nonirrigated land (10.9%), natural grassland (10.1%), inland bodies of water (8.2%). dominated (36.8%), non-natural barren (21.7%), (14.4%), residential areas (10%), transportation (7.9%). is first track owl on Korean peninsula direct satellite. Our results provide fundamental as case regarding behavior developing conservation management plan.