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

• Veröffentlicht in: Zoodiversity (Vestnik Zoologii)
• Datum: 2022
• Jahrgang: 56
• Heft: 5
• ISSN: 2707-7268
• Автори та афіліації: A. H. Zúñiga — Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile; J. R. Rau — Universidad de Los Lagos, Osorno, Chile; V. Fuenzalida — Departamento de Ciencias Agronómicas y Recursos Naturales, Temuco, Chile; R. Sandoval — Red de la Conservación de Nahuelbuta, Contulmo, Chile
• Hauptverfasser: Zúñiga, A. H., Rau, J. R., Fuenzalida, V., Sandoval, R.
• Format: Artikel
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlicht: Publishing House "Akademperiodyka" of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2022
• Online Zugang: 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...