On the bases of our field work supplemented by laboratory experimentation, the suitablehabitats for the Little Owls (Athene noctua plumipes)in Qishan. county, Shaanxi province are open countries with scatterted trees, earth banks or crevices.

• 结合野外考察及部分室内实验，纵纹腹小?（Athene noctua Plumipes）在陕西歧山县最适生境为有稀树、土台或沟壑的开阔田野。