Causes of Mortality of Wild Birds Submitted to the Charles Darwin Research Station, Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador from 2002-2004

Authors

Patricia Parker, University of Missouri-St. LouisFollow
Nicole Gottdenker, University of Georgia
Timothy Walsh, Smithsonian Institution
Gustavo Jiménez-Uzcátegui, Charles Darwin Foundation
Franklin Betancourt
Marilyn Cruz, Universidad of Guayaquil
Catherine Soos
R. Miller, University of Missouri

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Necropsy findings were reviewed from wild birds submitted to the Charles Darwin Research Station, Santa Cruz Island, Galápagos Archipelago between 2004 and 2006. One hundred and ninety cases from 27 different species were submitted, and 178 of these cases were evaluated grossly or histologically. Trauma and trauma-related deaths (n=141) dominated necropsy submissions. Infectious causes of avian mortality included myiasis due to Philornis sp. (n=6), avian pox (n=1), and schistosomosis (n=1).

Publication Date

October 2008

Publication Title

Journal of Wildlife Diseases

Volume

44

Issue

4

First Page

1024

Last Page

1031

DOI

10.7589/0090-3558-44.4.1024

Recommended Citation

Parker, Patricia; Gottdenker, Nicole; Walsh, Timothy; Jiménez-Uzcátegui, Gustavo; Betancourt, Franklin; Cruz, Marilyn; Soos, Catherine; and Miller, R., "Causes of Mortality of Wild Birds Submitted to the Charles Darwin Research Station, Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador from 2002-2004" (2008). Biology Department Faculty Works. 92.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7589/0090-3558-44.4.1024
Available at: https://irl.umsl.edu/biology-faculty/92