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Brown plumage aberration records in Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus) and Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) in Southern Brazil

Maria Virginia Petry, Luiz Liberato Costa Corrêa, Victória Renata Fontoura Benemann, Gabriela Bandasz Werle

Abstract


Here we describe records of plumage aberrations in two individuals of Larus dominicanus and one individual of Spheniscus magellanicus presenting brown mutation in coastal South Brazil, thus contributing to the knowledge on colour variations in wild birds.


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