GYRFALCON DIET IN CENTRAL WEST GREENLAND DURING THE NESTING PERIOD
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Abstract
We studied food habits of Gyrfalcons (Falco rusticolus) nesting in central west Greenland in 2000 and 2001 using three sources of data: time-lapse video (3 nests), prey remains (22 nests), and regurgitated pellets (19 nests). These sources provided different information describing the diet during the nesting period. Gyrfalcons relied heavily on Rock Ptarmigan (Lagopus mutus) and arctic hares (Lepus arcticus). Combined, these species contributed 79–91% of the total diet, depending on the data used. Passerines were the third most important group. Prey less common in the diet included waterfowl, arctic fox pups (Alopex lagopus), shorebirds, gulls, alcids, and falcons. All Rock Ptarmigan were adults, and all but one arctic hare were young of the year. Most passerines were fledglings. We observed two diet shifts, first from a preponderance of ptarmigan to hares in mid-June, and second to passerines in late June. The video-monitored Gyrfalcons consumed 94–110 kg of food per nest during the nestling period, higher than previously estimated. Using a combination of video, prey remains, and pellets was important to accurately document Gyrfalcon diet, and we strongly recommend using time-lapse video in future diet studies to identify biases in prey remains and pellet data. Dieta de Falco rusticolus durante el Período de Nidificación en el Centro-Oeste de Groenlandia Resumen. Estudiamos los hábitos alimenticios de Falco rusticolus durante la época de nidificación en el centro-oeste de Groenlandia durante los años 2000 y 2001. Utilizamos tres fuentes de datos: registros en lapsos de tiempo con cámaras de video (nidos en los árboles), restos de presas (22 nidos) y egagrópilas (19 nidos). Esto permitió describir la dieta durante el período de nidificación con base en la información diferente provista por cada fuente. F. rusticolus dependió fuertemente de las presas Lagopus mutus y Lepus arcticus. En forma combinada, estas dos especies contribuyeron en un 79–91% de la dieta total, dependiendo de los datos utilizados para el análisis. Las aves paserinas fueron el tercer grupo más importante. Las presas menos comunes presentes en la dieta fueron aves acuáticas, cachorros de zorro (Alopex lagopus), aves playeras, gaviotas, álcidos y halcones. Todos los individuos de L. mutus fueron adultos y todos excepto un individuo de L. arcticus fueron juveniles nacidos ese mismo año. La mayoría de las aves paserinas fueron volantones. Observamos dos cambios en la dieta, primero de preponderancia de L. mutus a L. articus a mediados de junio, y el segundo a aves paserinas a fines de junio. Los individuos monitoreados con cámaras de video consumieron 94–110 kg de alimento por nido durante el período con polluelos, una cantidad mayor a la estimada previamente. La utilización combinada de registros de cámaras de video, restos de presas y egagrópilas fue importante para documentar la dieta de F. rusticolus con precisión, y recomendamos fuertemente utilizar cámaras de video con registros intermitentes en estudios futuros sobre la dieta para poder identificar los sesgos en los datos obtenidos a partir de restos de presas y egagrópilas.
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| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.002 | 0.001 |
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