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Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius nestling pierces gular sac of adult resulting in death
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Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius nestling pierces gular sac of adult resulting in death

G. Fulton
Pacific Conservation Biology, Vol.26(4), pp.427-428
2020

Abstract

A nestling or fledgling Pied Cormorant Phalacrocorax varius was found dead, probably drowned. Its head and neck had completely pierced an adult’s gular sac, highlighting that the method of feeding young cormorants is not perfect.

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