Polymelia and polydactyly in a Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
Authors
ERIC J. WOEHLER1*,2 & KIM L. HOLZMANN1
1BirdLife Tasmania, GPO Box 68, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
*(eric.woehler@gmail.com)
2Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia
Citation
WOEHLER, E.J. & HOLZMANN, K.L. 2020. Polymelia and polydactyly in a Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae.
Marine Ornithology 48: 169
- 170
http://doi.org/10.5038/2074-1235.48.2.1369
Received 10 April 2020, accepted 15 April 2020
Date Published: 2020/10/15
Date Online: 2020/06/29
Key words: Silver Gull, Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae, polymelia, polydactyly
Abstract
Here, we report the first observation of polymelia and polydactyly in an Australian wild bird, an adult Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae.
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