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Abundance, Diet and Foraging of Galápagos Barn Owls (

Hermann Wagner, Sebastian Cruz, Gustavo Jiménez-Uzcátegui, Katherine Albán, Galo Quezada, Paolo Piedrahita

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Hermann WagnerInstitute of Biology II, RWTH Aachen University, Worringerweg 3, D-52074 Aachen, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8191-7595
Sebastian CruzAmerican Bird Conservancy, Puerto Ayora 200102, Ecuador.ORCID 0009-0001-0040-0667
Gustavo Jiménez-UzcáteguiCharles Darwin Research Station, Charles Darwin Foundation, Galápagos, Puerto Ayora 200102, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0001-8520-7534
Katherine AlbánFacultad de Ciencias de la Vida, ESPOL, Guayaquil 090902, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0003-2954-5824
Galo QuezadaGalapagos National Park Directorate, Santa Cruz, Puerto Ayora 200102, Ecuador.
Paolo PiedrahitaFacultad de Ciencias de la Vida, ESPOL, Guayaquil 090902, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0002-4403-6326

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Abstract

We studied Galápagos barn owls on Santa Cruz Island in the Galápagos Archipelago. We collected and analyzed pellets to determine diet composition. Barn-owl diet consisted-in terms of biomass-of ~89% rodents and ~10% insects. Bird remains occurred in 1% of the pellets. Foraging was studied with data loggers, a method not previously applied to the study of Galápagos barn owls. Owls rested during the day in natural and human-built roosts such as lava holes, trees, or huts. Night-time foraging was characterized by periods during which the bird moved and periods during which the bird stayed within one place, with the latter amounting to ~56% of the time away from the day roost. Birds began foraging shortly after sunset and returned to their day roost before sunrise. The duration of foraging was approximately 11 h per night. Foraging areas were small (median value: 0.28 km

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