Strix aluco’s scavenging observation on Myocastor coypus in Italy


Submitted: 14 December 2022
Accepted: 31 March 2023
Published: 14 December 2023
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Documentation of cases of scavenging by Tawny Owl Strix aluco on coypu Myocastor coypus in Italy; highlighting this particular type of feeding behaviour by the species


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Meggiorini, D. (2023). <i>Strix aluco</i>’s scavenging observation on <i>Myocastor</i> coypus in Italy. Rivista Italiana Di Ornitologia, 93(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2023.669

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