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Underwater kleptoparasitism on a human diver by a Galapagos Flightless Cormorant Nannopterum harrisi
Citation
ÁLAVA-JURADO, J.M., KINGSFORD, M.J., BRANDT, M. & DORFMAN, E. 2023. Underwater kleptoparasitism on a human diver by a Galapagos Flightless Cormorant Nannopterum harrisi. Marine Ornithology 51: 41 - 42
Received 02 October 2022, accepted 18 December 2022
Date Published: 2023/04/15
Date Online: 2023/04/10
Key words: marine predation, Nannopterum, foraging behavior, kleptoparasitism, Galapagos Islands, Flightless Cormorant
Abstract
We describe underwater kleptoparasitism on a human diver by a Galapagos Flightless Cormorant Nannopterum harrisi, a behavior that has not been previously described for this species.
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