A comparative study of the diets of barn owl (Tyto alba) and spotted owlet (Athene brama) inhabiting Ahmadpur East, Southern Punjab, Pakistan-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A comparative study of the diets of barn owl (Tyto alba) and spotted owlet (Athene brama) inhabiting Ahmadpur East, Southern Punjab, Pakistan

Published:2012 Issue:1 Volume:62 Page:13-28
ISSN:1570-7555
Container-title:Animal Biology
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Short-container-title:Animal Biol

Author:

Nadeem Muhammad Sajid¹,Shah Syed Israr²,Kayani Amjad Rashid³,Imran Syed Muhammad Khalid⁴,Mahmood Tariq⁵

Affiliation:

1. 1Department of Zoology; PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Murree Road, Rawalpindi 46300, Punjab, Pakistan;, Email: sajidaaur@gmail.com

2. 5Department of Zoology; PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Murree Road, Rawalpindi 46300, Punjab, Pakistan

3. 4Department of Zoology; PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Murree Road, Rawalpindi 46300, Punjab, Pakistan

4. 2Department of Zoology; PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Murree Road, Rawalpindi 46300, Punjab, Pakistan

5. 3Department of Wildlife Management; PMAS Arid Agriculture University, Murree Road, Rawalpindi 46300, Punjab, Pakistan

Abstract

AbstractThe diets of the barn owl (Tyto alba) and the spotted owlet (Athene brama) inhabiting the periphery of the Cholistan Desert at Ahmedpur East, southern Punjab were compared. Pellets of the two owl species were analyzed to learn more about their diets. The barn owl mainly consumed Suncus murinus (60.2%), birds (24.1%) and rodents (12.7%), while the spotted owlet depended on Mus species (36.8%), Suncus murinus (20.1%), birds (14.1%), reptiles (8.9%) and insects (6.7%) for its food. There was a low degree of food overlap of the two owls among the seasons.

Publisher

Brill

Subject

Animal Science and Zoology,Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics

Link

https://brill.com/downloadpdf/journals/ab/62/1/article-p13_2.xml

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