CHARACTERIZATION OF FOOD Athene cuicularia (STRIGIFORMES: STRIGIDAE) (BURROWING OWL)

Authors

  • Divaney Mamédio dos Santos Doutorando do Programa de Pós-graduação em Zootecnia da Universidade Estadual de Maringá
  • Verena Lima Cordeiro Graduada em Medicina Veterinária pela Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia
  • Claus Burgos Cardoso Graduando do curso de Medicina Veterinária da Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia
  • Maria Vanderly Andrea Professora da Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia
  • Elinsmar Vitoria Adorno Professor da Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia (In memoriam)
  • Kaliane Nascimento de Oliveira Doutora em Zootecnia pela Universidade Estadual de Maringá

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/cab18024506

Keywords:

Evironmental preservation

Abstract

The aim of the proposal was to characterize the diet of Athene cunicularia by analysis of bezoars (regurgitation) in 15 burrows mapped in 10 acres campus UFRB in Cruz das Almas, Bahia. The regurgitations were subjected to treatments for identifying the percentage of each list item (vertebrates, invertebrates, plant material and stones). They were then subjected to treatments for identifying of items present. The analysis revealed that the feeding owls were composed of leaves, twigs, seeds, and many beetles and scarabaeidae lizard ameiva ossicles, and the presence of frogs (Bufo sp.) Without head and bone fragments rodents (Mus musculus, Rattus norvegicus and Rattus rattus). This power is varied under the influence of greater or lesser presence of people in the areas of the holes. By observation of behavioral attitudes, you can see that the parents have demonstrated protective action in relation to cub and burrows through the emission of sounds and overflights near the invaders.
Keywords: Environmental preservation; food; regurgitos; wild birds.

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Published

2017-10-26

How to Cite

MAMÉDIO DOS SANTOS, D.; LIMA CORDEIRO, V.; BURGOS CARDOSO, C.; ANDREA, M. V.; VITORIA ADORNO, E.; NASCIMENTO DE OLIVEIRA, K. CHARACTERIZATION OF FOOD Athene cuicularia (STRIGIFORMES: STRIGIDAE) (BURROWING OWL). Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 18, 2017. DOI: 10.1590/cab18024506. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/e-24506. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2024.

Issue

Vol. 18 (2017): Continuous publication

Section

CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS

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