Polymelia and polydactyly in a Silver Gull Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae
    
    
    
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      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(2), 
        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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