Selective consumption of rodents by the Variable hawk Geranoaetus polyosoma (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae) in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile

• Published in: Zoologia
• Main Authors: Muñoz Pedreros, Andrés, Norambuena Ramírez, Heraldo, Gil Cordero, Claudia, Rau Acuña, Jaime
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia 2021
• Subjects: Dieta; Depredación; Ecología trófica; Halcón de lomo rojo; Diet; Predation; Red-backed hawk; Trophic ecology; Halcón; Lomo; Waterhouse; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: http://repositoriodigital.uct.cl/handle/10925/3673; https://doi.org/10.3897/zoologia.37.e55615

Geranoaetus polyosoma (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) is a diurnal raptor widely distributed in South America. Although the trophic ecology of this bird has been more studied in the southern extreme of its range, little information is available on its dietary response to prey supply in desert environment...