Notes on the diet of urban Kestrels
Open Access
- 1 December 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Bird Study
- Vol. 27 (4) , 235-238
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00063658009476683
Abstract
This paper seeks to quantify the diet of urban Kestrels in Manchester through pellet analysis. Birds comprised 76% of prey taken (passerines predominating) and rodents 22%, while invertebrates accounted for only 2%. Passerine remains are difficult to identify in raptor pellets, but the indication is that the House Sparrow is much the most significant prey.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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