TY - JOUR
T1 - Some vertebrate prey of Barn Owls Tyto alba sumbaensis on Sumba and Rote, Indonesia
AU - Olsen, Jerry
AU - Debus, Stephen J. S.
AU - Trost, Susan
AU - Tsang, Leah
AU - Parnaby, Harry
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - The diet of the Barn Owl Tyto alba sumbaensis is little known in Wallacea. Samples of pellets from nests in a church in an urban setting on Sumba and in a forested, limestone cli setting near Nembrala (Nemberala) on the small island of Rote (Roti), o Timor, were collected in July 2001 and July 2002, respectively. The Sumba sample contained the remains of rodents (three Black Rats Rattus rattus, four Paci c Rats R. exulans and one probable House Mouse Mus musculus) and birds (17 Eurasian Tree Sparrows Passer montanus). The sample from Rote contained the remains of 30 small fruit-bats (24 Geo roy’s Rousettes Rousettus amplexicaudatus and six that were probably also this species).
AB - The diet of the Barn Owl Tyto alba sumbaensis is little known in Wallacea. Samples of pellets from nests in a church in an urban setting on Sumba and in a forested, limestone cli setting near Nembrala (Nemberala) on the small island of Rote (Roti), o Timor, were collected in July 2001 and July 2002, respectively. The Sumba sample contained the remains of rodents (three Black Rats Rattus rattus, four Paci c Rats R. exulans and one probable House Mouse Mus musculus) and birds (17 Eurasian Tree Sparrows Passer montanus). The sample from Rote contained the remains of 30 small fruit-bats (24 Geo roy’s Rousettes Rousettus amplexicaudatus and six that were probably also this species).
U2 - 10.20938/afo37044047
DO - 10.20938/afo37044047
M3 - Article
SN - 1448-0107
VL - 37
SP - 44
EP - 47
JO - Australian Field Ornithology
JF - Australian Field Ornithology
ER -