The diets of feral cats in the Orongorongo Valley near Wellington and on Stewart Island. Rats provided the great bulk of food in both cases. Of the birds eaten, the Orongorongo cats ate mainly blackbirds, thrushes and silvereyes, while the Stewart Island cats ate mainly parakeets and muttonbirds. Other mainland cat diet studies have shown a different mix of prey.
SOURCE: A LIVING NEW ZEALAND FOREST, ED. BROCKIE, 1991
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Forest and Bird, Issue 280, 1 May 1996, Page 37
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69The diets of feral cats in the Orongorongo Valley near Wellington and on Stewart Island. Rats provided the great bulk of food in both cases. Of the birds eaten, the Orongorongo cats ate mainly blackbirds, thrushes and silvereyes, while the Stewart Island cats ate mainly parakeets and muttonbirds. Other mainland cat diet studies have shown a different mix of prey. SOURCE: A LIVING NEW ZEALAND FOREST, ED. BROCKIE, 1991 Forest and Bird, Issue 280, 1 May 1996, Page 37
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