FEEDING HABITS OF TYTO ALBA TUIDARA (GRAY, 1829) (STRIGIFORMES, TYTONIDAE) IN INDAIATUBA – SÃO PAULO STATE, BRAZIL
Keywords:
Tyto alba tuidara, Barn Owls, feedingAbstract
The Barn owl Tyto alba, known in Brazil as “suindara” or “coruja-de-igreja” is widely distribuited and very common throughout the country. The objective of this study was toget to know the feeding habits of the Barn owl subspecies in Brazil, Tyto alba tuidara, by identifying the small mammal bones regurgitated within pellets in the region of Indaiatuba, SP, from 1991 to 1993. Tyto alba tuidara fed on Mus musculus brevirostris, Rattus rattus and Rattus norvegicus (49,5%, 37,6% and 12,8% respectively) as well as other invertebrates belonging to the groups Coleoptera, Orthoptera and Arachnida.
Downloads
References
BRODKORB, P. 1971. Catalogue of fossil birds. 4. Bulletin of the Florida StateMuseum Biology Society, 15: 163-266.
BROWN, L. 1970. African Birds of Prey. London: Collins. 150-152.
BUNN, D. S. 1976. Eyesight of Barn Owl. [s.1.]: Brit.Birds, 220p.
FAST, S. J. and AMBROSE, H.W. 1976. Prey preference and hunting habitat selection in barn owl. American midland naturalist, 96, 503-507.
HÖFLING, E. & CAMARGO, H. 1996. Aves no Campus : Cidade Universitária Armando de Salles Oliveira. São Paulo, Instituto de Biociências da Universidade de São Paulo. 2 ed. 126p.
KÖNIG, C.,WEICK, F. & BECKING, J. H. 1999. Owls, a Guide to the Owls of theWorld. Yale University Press.
MOOJEN, J. 1952. Os roedores do Brasil. Ed.São Paulo Gráfica Revista dos Tribunais 213p.
MOTTA-JUNIOR, J.C. 1988. Anais Sem. Reg. Ecol., S. Carlos, 5:357 64.
SICK, H. 1984. Ornitologia Brasileira, Uma Introdução. 3 ed. Brasília : Universidade de Brasília, Vol 1 p.324-333.
SICK, H. 1997. Ornitologia Brasileira. Edição revisada e ampliada. Rio de Janeiro : Nova Fronteira, p.393-405.
STEYN, P. 1984. A delight of owls. Tanager Books. Southern Africa, 1-39.
TAYLOR, I. 1994. BARN OWLS Predator – prey relationships and conservation. Cambridge University Press. New York, 304p.
TICEHURST, C. B. 1935. On the food of the Barn Owl and its bearing on Barn Owl populations. Ibis, 2 : 329-335.
VERNON, C. J. 1972. An analysis of owl pellets colected in southern Africa. Ostrich 43 : 109-24.
VOOUS, K. H. 1989. Owls of the Northern Hemisphere. Singapore : C.S. Graphic. PTE. 320p.
WARDHAUGH, A. A. 1983. Owls of Britain and Europe. Dorset. p.43-49.
WILSON, V. J. 1970. Notes on the breeding and feeding habits of a pair of Barn Owls, Tyto alba (Scopoli), in Rhodesia. Arnoldia (Rodesia), 4 (34) : 1-8.
