bibliography |
 Selyunina,
Z., Moskalenko, Yu. 2020. Small mammals in diet
of the barn owl (Tyto alba) in the Black Sea Biosphere
Reserve. Novitates Theriologicae, 11:
72–76
http://doi.org/10.53452/nt1112
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abstract |
The barn
owl (Tyto alba) formerly was one of the
rarest vagrant bird species in the Black Sea Biosphere
Reserve. Since 2018, this species has been wintering
regularly in the Yahorlytskyi Kut division of the
Black Sea Biosphere Reserve. We studied the barn
owl’s diet in the reserve by analysing 20 pellets
collected in the winter of 2018. A total of 69 specimens
of 5 mammal species were identified from the pellets.
Species of small mammals that dominate in open habitats
prevail in the barn owl’s diet such as the social
vole (Microtus socialis) (dominant species
of steppe habitats; 43 % of identifiable small-mammal
specimens) and the lesser white-toothed shrew (Crocidura
suaveolens) (dominant species of salt marsh
habitats; 42 % of identifiable small-mammal specimens).
Remains of the southern vole (Microtus levis),
the Ural field mouse (Sylvaemus cf. uralensis),
and the Eurasian pygmy shrew (Sorex minutus)
were non-abundant in the barn owl’s diet. |
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