Menu

Volume 43, No. 2

Search by author or title:

Bill deformities in penguins (Spheniscidae): a global review


Authors

CHRISTOPHER W. JONES1, MICHELLE M. RISI1, WERNER KUNTZ1, PETER G. RYAN1, ANTJE STEINFURTH1 & ALEXANDER L. BOND2
1Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology, DST/NRF Centre of Excellence, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, 7701, South Africa (chrisj22123@gmail.com)
2RSPB Centre for Conservation Science, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 2DL, United Kingdom

Citation

JONES, C.W., RISI, M.M., KUNTZ, W., RYAN, P.G., STEINFURTH, A., & BOND, A.L. 2015. Bill deformities in penguins (Spheniscidae): a global review. Marine Ornithology 43: 207 - 209
http://doi.org/10.5038/2074-1235.43.2.1132

Received 9 April 2015, accepted 26 May 2015

Date Published: 2015/10/15
Date Online: 2017/02/28

References


BUCKLE, K.N., YOUNG, M.J. & ALLEY, M.R. 2014. Investigation of an outbreak of craniofacial deformity in Yellow-eyed Penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) chicks. New Zealand Veterinary Journal 62: 250–257.

CASAUX, R. 2004. Beak deformation in an Antarctic Cormorant Phalacrocorax [atriceps] bransfieldensis chick. Marine Ornithology 32: 109–110.

GILBERTSON, M., MORRIS, R.D. & HUNTER, R.A. 1976. Abnormal chicks and PCB residue levels in eggs of colonial birds on the lower Great Lakes (1971–73). Auk 93: 434–442.

HANDEL, C.M. & VAN HEMERT, C.R. 2015. Environmental contaminants and chromosomal damage associated with beak deformities in a resident North American passerine. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 34: 314–327.

HOYE, B.J., MUNSTER, V.J., NISHIURA, H., KLAASSEN, M., & FOUCHIER, R.A.M. 2010. Surveillance of wild birds for avian influenza virus. Emerging Infectious Diseases 16: 1827–1834.

JUÁRES, M.A., SANTOS, M., MENNUCCI, J.A., LONGARZO, L. & CORIA, N.R. 2012. Beak deformation in a Gentoo Penguin Pygoscelis papua (Spheniscidae) chick. Revista Brasileira de Ornitologia 20: 71–72.

KUIKEN, T., FOX, G.A. & DANESIK, K.L. 1999. Bill malformations in double-crested cormorants with low exposure to organochlorines. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 18: 2908–2913.

KYLIN, H. 2005. Juvenile Black-legged Kittiwakes Rissa tridactyla with deformed bills and clubfeet in the Barents Sea. Ornis Svecica 15: 149–152.

LARSON, J.M., KARASOV, W.H., SILEO, L., ET AL. 1996. Reproductive success, developmental anomalies and environmental contaminants in Double-crested Cormorants (Phalacrocorax auritius). Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 15: 553–559.

MARTI, J.M., BELLAGAMBA, P.J. & CORIA, N.R. 2008. Beak deformation in a Southern Giant Petrel Macronectes giganteus chick. Marine Ornithology 36: 195–196.

POMEROY, D.E. 1962. Birds with abnormal bills. British Birds 55: 49–73.

PÜTZ, K. & PLÖTZ, J. 1991. Beak deformation in Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri chicks. Polar Record 163: 367.

RAIDAL, S.R., SHEARER, P.L., CANNELL, B.L. & DE B. NORMAN, R.J. 2006 Micromelia in Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor). Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery 20: 258–262.

REILLY, P.N. & BALMFORD, P. 1975. A breeding study of the little penguin Eudyptula minor in Australia. In: B. Stonehouse (Ed.) The Biology of Penguins. London: Macmillan Press. pp. 161–187.

SPLETTSTOESSER, J.F. & TODD, F.S. 1998. Further observations of beak deformations in Emperor Penguin Aptenodytes forsteri chicks. Marine Ornithology 26: 79.

VAN HEMERT, C. & HANDEL, C.M. 2010. Beak deformities in Northwestern Crows: evidence of a multispecies epizootic. Auk 127: 746–751.

VOISIN, J.F., MOUGIN, J.L., SEGONZAC, M. & ROPERT-COUDERT, Y. 2002. Colour aberrations and physical deformities in the King Penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus at the Crozet Islands. Marine Ornithology 30: 1–4.

WILLIAMS, T.D. 1995. The Penguins. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Search by author or title:

Browse previous volumes: