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UNDERWATER KLEPTOPARASITISM ON A HUMAN DIVER BY A GALAPAGOS FLIGHTLESS CORMORANT NANNOPTERUM HARRISI

  • Juan Manuel Álava-Jurado
  • , Michael J. Kingsford
  • , Margarita Brandt
  • , Eric Dorfman*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • James Cook University Queensland
  • Universidad San Francisco de Quito
  • North Carolina State University

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)41-42
Number of pages2
JournalMarine Ornithology
Volume51
Issue number1
StatePublished - 2023

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 14 - Life Below Water
    SDG 14 Life Below Water

Keywords

  • Flightless Cormorant
  • Galápagos Islands
  • Nannopterum
  • foraging behavior
  • kleptoparasitism
  • marine predation

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