Food of the Barn Owl Tyto alba in the Yahmool Area, Northern Syria

Turkish Journal of Zoology

ADWAN HUSSIEN SHEHAB¹ 

关键词: Barn owl;    Pellets;    rodents;    small mammals;    Syria;    Tyto alba;   

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Scientific and Technical Research Council of Turkey - TUBITAK

【 摘 要 】

Pellets regurgitated by the barn owl (Tyto alba) were collected in July 2000 from Yahmool Agricultural research station, 50 km north of Aleppo. Pellet analysis yielded 657 individual prey representing 7 species of rodents, 2 shrews, 1 bird, an unidentified lizard and at least 7 species of insects. By frequency, rodents constituted 84.9% of the prey items, shrews 9.6%, birds 1.5%, insects 3.7% and lizards 0.3%. The social vole, Microtus socials, was the main food of the barn owl, constituting 59.5% of prey items. Pellets' content indicated that the barn owl consumes 1 to 5 prey per day (average 2.53 ± 1.03) depending on availability and the size of prey species.

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