Ocular pathology in the Flightless Cormorant Nannopterum harrisi.
Authors
GUSTAVO JIMÉNEZ-UZCÁTEGUI
Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Galápagos, Ecuador (gustavo.jimenez@fcdarwin.org.ec)
Citation
JIMÉNEZ-UZCÁTEGUI, G. (2024). Ocular pathology in the Flightless Cormorant Nannopterum harrisi.
Marine Ornithology, 52(2),
293-294.
http://doi.org/10.5038/2074-1235.52.2.1595
Received 30 January, accepted 26 April 2024
Date Published: 2024/10/15
Date Online: 2024/10/04
Key words: diagnostic, eyes, Galápagos, symptomology, vision
Abstract
Ocular pathological conditions affecting the cornea, iris, conjunctiva, and third eyelid in each of four Flightless Cormorants Nannopterum harrisi were observed on Fernandina Island, Galápagos, in September 2014. Observations over many years, 2009-2023 (n = 313 cormorants inspected), suggest that the infection noted in 2014 was rare.
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