Alivizatos, Haralambos and Kassinis, Nikolaos (2021) Diet of the Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus) in Cyprus during autumn migration. ORNIS HUNGARICA, 29 (1). pp. 120-125. ISSN 1215-1610
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Abstract
The diet of the Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus) was studied at Akrotiri Peninsula, Cyprus, in October 2008, during the autumn migration. Based on 180 pellets collected that represented 3,066 prey items, the diet consisted exclusively of invertebrates, nearly all preys were insects. Winged ants (Hymenoptera, Formicidae) formed 94% of the diet by number of specimens and 76% of biomass. Beetles (Coleoptera), mainly Carabidae and Scarabaeidae, made up 5% of the prey numbers but 22.5% of biomass. The other preys were made up by small numbers of earwigs (Dermaptera), true bugs (Hemiptera) and snails (Gastropoda).
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Akrotiri, ants, invertebrates, pellets, stopover |
| Subjects: | Q Science / természettudomány > QH Natural history / természetrajz > QH540 Ecology / ökológia Q Science / természettudomány > QL Zoology / állattan |
| Depositing User: | Melinda Danyi |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Oct 2024 13:17 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Oct 2024 13:17 |
| URI: | https://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/206627 |
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