Further Dietary Items of the Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica in Diamantina National Park, Queensland

Abstract

The diet of the Eastern Barn Owl Tyto javanica was determined by analysis of 46 pellets from a roost in Diamantina National Park, Queensland, collected in June 2007. The diet comprised 43% mammals (31% dasyurids, 12% rodents), 8% birds, 1% lizards and 48% insects, by number; and 72% mammals (44% dasyurids, 28% rodents), 22% birds, 1% lizards and 5% insects, by biomass. Mammals occurred in 39 pellets (85%), birds in nine (20%), lizards in two (4%) and insects in 21 (46%).