Abundance, Diet and Foraging of Galápagos Barn Owls (<i>Tyto furcata punctatissima</i>)
We studied Galápagos barn owls on Santa Cruz Island in the Galápagos Archipelago. We collected and analyzed pellets to determine diet composition. Barn-owl diet consisted—in terms of biomass—of ~89% rodents and ~10% insects. Bird remains occurred in 1% of the pellets. Foraging was studied with data...
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| Main Authors: | Hermann Wagner, Sebastian Cruz, Gustavo Jiménez-Uzcátegui, Katherine Albán, Galo Quezada, Paolo Piedrahita |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2025-08-01
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| Series: | Animals |
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| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/15/15/2283 |
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