Food habits of Common Barn-owls along an elevational gradient in Andean Argentine Patagonia

ALEJANDRO TRAVAINI; JOSÉ ANTONIO DONÁZAR; OLGA CEBALLOS; ALEJANDRO RODRIGUEZ; FERNANDO HIRALDO; MIGUEL DELIBES

JOURNAL OF RAPTOR RESEARCH

RAPTOR RESEARCH FOUNDATION INC

Año: 1997 vol. 31 p. 59 - 64

0892-1016

We evaluated the diet of Common Barn-owls (Tyto alba) along an elevational gradient in Argentine Patagonia. Small mammals (mainly rodent) were the main prey accounting for 93,2% of total prey items. Consumption of rodents appeared to be dependent on their availability.