A four-legged African Penguin Spheniscus demersus chick
Authors
ALBERT SNYMAN1*, DAVID G. ROBERTS1 & KATRIN LUDYNIA1,2
1Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB), Table View 7441, Cape Town, South Africa
*(albert@sanccob.co.za)
2Department of Biological Sciences, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch 7701, South AfricaInternational, P.O Box 439, Avalon, New South Wales 2107, Australia
Citation
SNYMAN, A., ROBERTS, D.G. & LUDYNIA, K. 2022. A four-legged African Penguin Spheniscus demersus chick.
Marine Ornithology 50: 5
- 6
http://doi.org/10.5038/2074-1235.50.1.1452
Received 05 October 2021, accepted 10 November 2021
Date Published: 2022/04/15
Date Online: 2022/03/18
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