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<p>Eating owl pellets by non-predator vertebrates is a rare and difficult-to-prove food chain relationship. In this paper, I reported the first record of a Spur-thighed Tortoise <italic>(Testudo graeca)</italic> eating a Eurasian Eagle-Owl <italic>(Bubo bubo)</italic> pellet with remains of a right Wood Pigeon <italic>(Columba palumbus)</italic> wing. Scavenging of food remains around owl nests by young tortoises may possibly explain the few cases of tortoise-eating Eurasian Eagle-Owls.</p>
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Eating owl pellets by non-predator vertebrates is a rare and difficult-to-prove food chain relationship. In this paper, I reported the first record of a Spur-thighed Tortoise (Testudo graeca) eating a Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo) pellet with remains of a right Wood Pigeon (Columba palumbus) wing. Scavenging of food remains around owl nests by young tortoises may possibly explain the few cases of tortoise-eating Eurasian Eagle-Owls.

Scavenging by young tortoises (<italic>Testudo</italic> sp.) could induce their predation by the Eurasian Eagle-Owl <italic>(Bubo bubo)</italic>

Ornis Hungarica

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Scavenging by young tortoises ( sp.) could induce their predation by the Eurasian Eagle-Owl 

Eating owl pellets by non-predator vertebrates is a rare and difficult-to-prove food chain relationship. In this paper, I reported the first record of a...

Scavenging by young tortoises (Testudo sp.) could induce their predation by the Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo)

Published Online: Dec 09, 2023

Page range: 243 - 246

Received: Sep 25, 2023

Accepted: Oct 26, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/orhu-2023-0034

Keywords
diet, owl pellet, facultative scavenging,

© 2023 Boyan Milchev, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Scavenging by young tortoises (Testudo sp.) could induce their predation by the Eurasian Eagle-Owl (Bubo bubo)

Published Online: Dec 09, 2023

Page range: 243 - 246

Received: Sep 25, 2023

Accepted: Oct 26, 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/orhu-2023-0034

Keywordsdiet, owl pellet, facultative scavenging,

© 2023 Boyan Milchev, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
diet, owl pellet, facultative scavenging,