Strix aluco’s scavenging observation on Myocastor coypus in Italy
Accepted: 31 March 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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