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<p>The diet of the Red-footed Falcon <italic>(Falco vespertinus)</italic> 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).</p>
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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).

Diet of the Red-footed Falcon <italic>(Falco vespertinus)</italic> in Cyprus during autumn migration

Ornis Hungarica

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Diet of the Red-footed Falcon  in Cyprus during autumn migration

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...

Diet of the Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus) in Cyprus during autumn migration

Published Online: Jun 22, 2021

Page range: 120 - 125

Received: Mar 21, 2021

Accepted: May 07, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/orhu-2021-0009

Keywords
Akrotiri, ants, invertebrates, pellets, stopover

© 2021 Haralambos Alivizatos et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Diet of the Red-footed Falcon (Falco vespertinus) in Cyprus during autumn migration

Published Online: Jun 22, 2021

Page range: 120 - 125

Received: Mar 21, 2021

Accepted: May 07, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/orhu-2021-0009

KeywordsAkrotiri, ants, invertebrates, pellets, stopover

© 2021 Haralambos Alivizatos et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
Akrotiri, ants, invertebrates, pellets, stopover