Diet of the Sooty Owl Tyto tenebricosa at Blaxland, New South Wales
| Posted: |
18/08/2015 |
| Author(s): |
Judy Smith, Peter Smith |
The diet of the Sooty Owl Tyto tenebricosa was studied at Blaxland in the lower Blue Mountains, New South Wales, by analysis of regurgitated pellet material. Small and medium-sized mammals were the most common prey, as also documented by previous studies. However, birds and reptiles contributed an unusually high proportion of the diet, especially the Pink-tongued Skink Cyclodomorphus gerrardii, which was the second most important prey species, by both number and biomass.
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