The diet of the Common Kestrel in the urban environment of the city of Nitra

Lucia Kečkéšová; Michal Noga

doi:10.2478/v10262-012-0021-7

.blurhash-client-img { display: none !important; }

The diet of the Common Kestrel in the urban environment of the city of Nitra

Raptor Journal

Volume 2 (2008): Issue 2008 (January 2008)

By: Lucia Kečkéšová and Michal Noga

Open Access

|Jul 2012

Abstract

The diet of the urban Common Kestrel population was studied in Nitra during 2003-2005. Totally, 671 prey items were identified by the analysis of pellets and prey remains collected under the nesting sites. Insect, mainly represented by order Coleoptera, was found to be the most abundant prey. Regarding biomass, the Common Vole (Microtus arvalis) was predominated. In comparison with other articles published, the studied sample was rather rich in the Lesser White-toothed Shrew (Crocidura suaveolens) and the House Mouse (Mus cf. musculus).

References

Anděra M & Horáček I 1982: Poznáváme naše savce. Mladá Fronta, Praha, 219.
Search in Google Scholar
Darolová A 1988: Príspevok k potrave sokola myšiara (Falco tinnunculus) v Bratislave. Buteo 1[1986]: 33-38.
Search in Google Scholar
Darolová A 1989: Potrava sokola myšiara (Falco tinnunculus L., 1758) v podmienkach mestskej aglomerácie Bratislavy. Biológia, Bratislava 44(6): 575-584.
Search in Google Scholar
Ferianc O 1964: Stavovce Slovenska II. Vtáky I. Vydavateľstvo SAV, Bratislava, 595.
Search in Google Scholar
Ferianc O 1965: Stavovce Slovenska III. Vtáky 1. Vydavateľstvo SAV, Bratislava, 420.
Search in Google Scholar
Kečkéšová L 2005: Potravná ekológia sokola myšiara (Falco tinnunculus) v podmienkach mesta Nitra. Diplomová práca, 51 [Depon. in Katedra ekológie a environmentalistiky, Fakulta prírodných vied, Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa v Nitre]
Search in Google Scholar
Korpimäki E 1985: Diet of the Kestrel Falco tinnunculus in the breeding season. Ornis Fennica 62: 130-137.
Search in Google Scholar
Matoušek F 1964: Príspevok k potravnej a hniezdnej ekológii sokola myšiara (F. tinnunculus (L.)) na Slovensku. Živa 12: 38.
Search in Google Scholar
Noga M 2005: Význam sledovania osteologických nálezov v potrave dravcov a sov. Bakalárska práca, 79 [Depon. in Univerzita Konštantína Filozofa, Nitra]
Search in Google Scholar
Obuch J 1991: K metodike vyhodnotenia kvantitatívnych údajov z potravy sov. Panurus 3: 61-66.
Search in Google Scholar
Obuch J 1994: Potrava sovy obyčajnej (Strix aluco) v niektorých oblastiach Čiech a Moravy. Sylvia 30(1): 77-85.
Search in Google Scholar
Obuch J 2001: Using marked differences from the mean (MDFM) metod for evaluation of contingency tables. Buteo 12: 37-46.
Search in Google Scholar
Plesník J 1992: Početnosť, hnízdní úspěšnost a potrava poštolky obecné v městských a přirozených stanovištích. Dizertačná práca [Depon. in Katedra zoologie, Přírodovědecká fakulta, Karlova Univerzita, Praha]
Search in Google Scholar
Riegert J & Fuchs R 2004: Insect in the diet of Kestrels from central Europe: an alternative prey or constant component of the diet? Ornis Fennica 81: 23-32.
Search in Google Scholar
Riegert J, Mikeš V & Fuchs R 2007: Hunting effort and hunting success in common Kestrels (Falco tinnunculus) breeding in two areas with different degree of landscape urbanization. Buteo 15: 27-38.
Search in Google Scholar
Soviš B 1995: Zmeny v potravných vzťahoch synantropizovaných popoulácií sokola myšiara (Falco tinnunculus L.). Folia venatoria 25: 133-140.
Search in Google Scholar
Uttendőrfer O 1939: Die Ernährung der deutschen Raubvögel und Eulen und ihre Bedeutung in der heimischen Natur. Verlag J. Neumann-Neudamm, Berlin, 412.
Search in Google Scholar
Uttendőrfer O 1952: Neue Ergegnisse über die Ernährung der Greifvogel und Eulen. Eugen Ulmer Verlag, Stuttgart-Ludwigsburg, 230.
Search in Google Scholar