Diet Composition of the Austral Pygmy Owl in a Peri-Urban Protected Area in South-Central Chile

• Дата: 2022
• Автори: Zúñiga, A. H., Rau, J. R., Fuenzalida, V., Sandoval, R.
• Формат: Стаття
• Мова: English
• Опубліковано: Publishing House "Akademperiodyka" of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2022
• Теми: Austral Pygmy Owl; biomass; diet composition; landscape transformation; trophic behavior; rodents
• Онлайн доступ: https://ojs.akademperiodyka.org.ua/index.php/Zoodiversity/article/view/353
• Назва журналу: Zoodiversity

The diet of the Austral Pygmy Owl, Glaucidium nana, a small raptor, was studied by pellet analysis. During fall of 2020, 52 pellets were collected in a peri-urban protected area. Amongst 122 prey items, Muridae, represented exclusively by the alien species Rattus rattus and Rattus norvegicus, made u...