First record of scavenging by a Western Screech-Owl (Megascops kennicottii)

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 417-419

  Allen, Maximilian L ^a   Taylor, A Preston ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Megascops kennicottii; Motion triggered cameras; Owl; Scavenging; Virginia opossum; Western Screech Owl

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY; ARTHROPOD; CARNIVORE; CARRION; DIET; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; FITNESS; INSECT; MARSUPIAL; NEW RECORD; PREY AVAILABILITY; RAPTOR; SCAVENGING (FEEDING); SMALL MAMMAL; VIDEOGRAPHY;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; AVES; DIDELPHIDAE; DIDELPHIS VIRGINIANA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; MEGASCOPS KENNICOTTII; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 84879372535     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/12-176.1     Document Type: Article

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