Predation attempts on Hoopoe Upupa epops nests in a rural Mediterranean area of central Italy

• Published in: Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia
• Main Authors: Matteo Annessi, Alessandro Montemaggiori
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; Italian
• Published: PAGEPress Publications 2023
• Subjects: Upupa epops; uropygial secret; anti-predatory strategy; Castel di Guido; Zoology; QL1-991; Guido; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4081/rio.2023.658; https://doaj.org/article/80928c6e2a14453a8410e430aebf8acc

Seventeen predation attempts on four Hoopoe Upupa epops nests in an heterogenous agricultural Mediterranean area of central Italy were recorded during breeding seasons 2020-21. Camera traps identified 7 different predators’ species, mainly Western whip snake Hierophis viridiflavus and Black rat Ratt...