Note on the diet of the Long-whiskered Owlet, Xenoglaux loweryi from Yambrasbamba, Amazonas

Authors

  • Alejandro Alarcón Asociación Neotropical Primate Conservation Perú, 1187 Carretera Fernando Belaunde Terry, La Esperanza, Yambrasbamba, Perú. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0580-9151
  • Sam Shanee 1 Asociación Neotropical Primate Conservation Perú, 1187 Carretera Fernando Belaunde Terry, La Esperanza, Yambrasbamba, Perú. 2 Neotropical Primate Conservation, 23 Portland Road, Manchester, M32 0PH, United Kingdom.
  • Gabriela Huaman Laboratorio de Entomología, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Av. Venezuela cdra 34 s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Lima, Perú.
  • Noga Shanee 1 Asociación Neotropical Primate Conservation Perú, 1187 Carretera Fernando Belaunde Terry, La Esperanza, Yambrasbamba, Perú. 2 Neotropical Primate Conservation, 23 Portland Road, Manchester, M32 0PH, United Kingdom.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v23i3.12872

Keywords:

Xenoglaux loweryi, Strigidae, diet, feces, insects, Yambrasbamba.

Abstract

We present results of an analysis of faecal samples from the long whiskered owlet (Xenoglaux loweryi), a species endemic to Peru and considered Endangered by the IUCN. It inhabits humid montane forests on the eastern slopes of the Andean cordillera. We collected four faecal samples from different individuals during ecological monitoring. Monitoring was carried out between January and September 2014 in the area known locally as “La Jalca” in the Yambrasbamba community, Amazonas. Samples were collected in May, June, August and September, respectively. Analysis revealed fragments characteristic of the orders Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Ortoptera and Lepidoptera. Results confirm that small insects form part of the diet of the long whiskered owlet, similar to other small Strigidos.

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Published

12/20/2016

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 3 (2016)

Section

Notes

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Copyright (c) 2016 Alejandro Alarcón, Sam Shanee, Gabriela Huaman, Noga Shanee

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Alarcón, Alejandro, Sam Shanee, Gabriela Huaman, and Noga Shanee. 2016. “Note on the Diet of the Long-Whiskered Owlet, Xenoglaux Loweryi from Yambrasbamba, Amazonas”. Revista Peruana De Biología 23 (3): 335-38. https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v23i3.12872.