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First evidence of plastic ingestion by Red-billed Tropicbirds Phaethon aethereus from St. Eustatius, Caribbean Netherlands
Citation
MADDEN, H. & EGGERMONT, E. 2020. First evidence of plastic ingestion by Red-billed Tropicbirds Phaethon aethereus from St. Eustatius, Caribbean Netherlands. Marine Ornithology 48: 157 - 160
Received 25 January 2020, accepted 06 March 2020
Date Published: 2020/10/15
Date Online: 2020/06/01
Key words: Caribbean, marine plastic pollution, Phaethontidae, seabird
Abstract
We present the first confirmed evidence of plastic ingestion by a Red-billed Tropicbird on the Caribbean Netherlands island of St. Eustatius, which supports a regionally important nesting population. With our observations, all species of tropicbird have now been documented ingesting marine plastic pollution.
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