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Diet preferences and reproduction of translocated barn owl, Tyto alba javanica in captivity


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Zainal Abidin, Cik Mohd Rizuan and Mohd Noor, Hafidzi and Hamid, Noor Hisham and Salim, Hasber (2017) Diet preferences and reproduction of translocated barn owl, Tyto alba javanica in captivity. Journal of Oil Palm Research, 29 (3). 333 - 342. ISSN 1511-2780

Abstract

Five non-paired-translocated wild caught barn owl (Tyto alba javanica) transferred from Jerantut, Pahang in Peninsular to Lahad Datu in Sabah, Malaysia were tested for diet preference by size, and species and fecundity in captivity. Testing was done in flight cages where owls were free to select from a combination of three local rodent species distinguished into two size categories; large and small. Jacobs’ index confirmed that smaller rats were taken in greater numbers and took the shortest number of days to 100% consumption at Day 5 than larger ones. Preference for body parts consumed varied according to diet size and species. In the same period as the prey preference study, two females reproduced twice ranging from intervals of 44 to 63 days with an average clutch size of 6.8 eggs. Hatching rates ranged from 0% to 83% and fledging rates ranged from 0% to 75%. These results may have practical importance in the propagation of barn owls in their new environment as they will be exposed to different prey in terms of species and size range.


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Item Type: Article
Divisions: Faculty of Science
DOI Number: https://doi.org/10.21894/jopr.2017.2903.05
Publisher: Malaysian Palm Oil Board
Keywords: Barn owl; Diet preference; Rats
Depositing User: Nurul Ainie Mokhtar
Date Deposited: 28 May 2018 01:29
Last Modified: 28 May 2018 01:29
Altmetrics: http://www.altmetric.com/details.php?domain=psasir.upm.edu.my&doi=10.21894/jopr.2017.2903.05
URI: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/61471
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