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Table 1 The number (n) and percent frequency (%) of prey species identified

From: Use of DNA metabarcoding of bird pellets in understanding raptor diet on the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau of China

Prey item Upland Buzzard (Buteo hemilasius)
26 pellets
Eurasian Eagle Owl (Bubo bubo)
15 pellets
Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis)
3 pellets
Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug)
1 pellet
n % n % n % n %
Plateau Pika (Ochotona curzoniae) 22 84.60 12 80.00 0 0 1 100.00
Plateau Vole (Neodon fuscus) 3 11.50 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sikkim Mountain Vole (Neodon sikimensis) 0 0 1 6.67 0 0 0 0
Woolly Hare (Lepus oiostolus) 1 3.85 3 20.00 1 33.33 0 0
Tibetan Snow Finch (Montifringilla henrici) 2 7.69 0 0 0 0 0 0
Long-tailed Dwarf Hamster (Cricetulus longicaudatus) 0 0 1 6.67 0 0 0 0
Przewalksi’s Naked Carp (Gymnocypris przewalskii) 0 0 1 6.67 0 0 0 0
Chinese Perch (Siniperca sp.) 1 3.85 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lazy Toad (Scutinger sp.) 0 0 1 6.67 0 0 0 0
Domestic Goat (Capra hircus) 1 3.85 0 0 0 0 0 0
Blue Sheep (Pseudois nayaur) 1 3.85 0 0 0 0 0 0
Taxonomic richness 7   6   1   1