**Table 1.**

*Subspecies of owls present in Ecuador. The numbers of prey indicate consumed individuals, x when the work is merely qualitative. Knowledge level ranges from 0 for null to 3 for moderate.*

#### *Owls - Clever Survivors*

*What Do We Know about the Diet of Ecuadorian Owls? DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.108594*

Although this exercise considers prey at a very coarse level (classes), it allows us to see some trends for each owl taxa. In owls with moderate information, there is consumption of items in each class, even if in low numbers, which reinforces the opportunistic behavior of the owls. Additionally, the level of knowledge is only moderate for seven owls in Ecuador. Although nine owl taxa present limited knowledge, only *Pulsatrix perspicillata chapmani, Strix albitarsis, Glaucidium nubicola*, and *Asio stygius robustus* have quantitative data. Then *G. nubicola* could indicate that it is specialized only in reptiles, particularly in lizards. Nonetheless, there are also unquantified records of insect consumption which might suggest that *G. nubicola* has a tendency to consume lizards but is not specialized in them. On the other hand, owl taxa with larger samples are similar trends with other works, as has already been suggested for *Athene cunicularia* specialization in insects [44 and cites therein]*, T. furcata* in rodents [18 and cites therein], and *A. stygius robustus* in birds [47 and cites therein]*.*
