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

Authors

  • Divaney Mamédio dos Santos Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Maringá, Paraná, Brasil
  • Verena Lima Cordeiro Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brasil
  • Claus Burgos Cardoso Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brasil
  • Maria Vanderly Andrea Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brasil
  • Elinsmar Vitoria Adorno Universidade Federal do Recôncavo da Bahia, Cruz das Almas, Bahia, Brasil
  • Kaliane Nascimento de Oliveira Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Maringá, Paraná, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/1089-6891v18e-24506

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

SANTOS, Divaney Mamédio dos; CORDEIRO, Verena Lima; CARDOSO, Claus Burgos; ANDREA, Maria Vanderly; ADORNO, Elinsmar Vitoria; OLIVEIRA, Kaliane Nascimento de. CHARACTERIZATION OF FOOD Athene cuicularia (STRIGIFORMES: STRIGIDAE) (BURROWING OWL). Brazilian Animal Science/ Ciência Animal Brasileira, Goiânia, v. 18, 2017. DOI: 10.1590/1089-6891v18e-24506. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/vet/article/view/e-24506. Acesso em: 5 dec. 2025.

Issue

Vol. 18 (2017): Continuous publication

Section

CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS

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