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