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T1 Diet of Eurasian sparrowhawks in a northwest Iberian hedgerow habitat throughout the year
A1 Hernández Lázaro, Ángel
K1 Accipiter nisus
K1 Avian prey
K1 Prey size
K1 Seasonal variation
K1 Spain
K1 2401.20 Ornitología
K1 2401.02 Comportamiento Animal
AB Little is known about Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus feeding habits outside the breeding season in its wide geographical range. The present study concerns the autumn-winter and spring-summer diet of this raptor species in Northwest Spain in a hedgerow habitat. A total of 23 avian prey species were recorded, only six of which occurred in both periods of the year. However, Eurasian Sparrowhawks fed mainly on medium-sized birds that often forage on the ground at some distance from shrubs and trees, mostly the Song Thrush Turdus philomelos and the Common Blackbird Turdus merula, both species together accounting for approximately half of the prey in any season of the year. The contribution of larger birds, i.e., pigeons, was considerable in terms of ingested biomass. In spring-summer, the mean body weight of avian prey was over 15 g less than in autumn-winter.
PB The Ornithological Society of Japan
SN 1347-0558
YR 2018
FD 2018
LK https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/64933
UL https://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/64933
LA eng
NO Ornithological Science, 2018, vol. 17, n. 1, p. 95-101
NO Producción Científica
DS UVaDOC
RD 20-may-2024