Open AccessBarn Owl (<em>Tyto alba</em>) Predation on Big Brown Bats (<em>Eptesicus fuscus</em>) in Pennsylvania
Author(s) -
Suzanne M. Khalafalla,
Carlos A. Iudica
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the canadian field-naturalist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 28
ISSN - 0008-3550
DOI - 10.22621/cfn.v126i1.1294
Subject(s) - tyto , barn owl , eptesicus fuscus , barn , zoology , biology , predation , geography , ecology , archaeology
Diet of the Barn Owl, Tyto alba , was determined through examination of pellets collected from a roost site in Port Trevorton, Snyder County, Pennsylvania (40°42'26"N, 76°51'58"W). Remains of a Big Brown Bat, Eptesicus fuscus , were positively identified in one of the 80 pellets from our site. To our knowledge, this is the first documented case of a Barn Owl preying on a bat in Pennsylvania.
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