Journal article

Publication year: 2019

Pages: 253-256

Journal: Marine Ornithology

Volume number: 47

Issue number: 2

ISSN: 1018-3337

eISSN: 2074-1235

URL: http://www.marineornithology.org/article?rn=1326

Publisher: African Seabird Group

Abstract: 
We describe a deformed tibiotarsus in a museum skeleton of a White-faced Storm Petrel Pelagodroma marina (Oceanitidae), probably resulting from a healed but malaligned fracture. Digital 3D modeling of intertarsal joint kinematics suggested that the affected leg could support neither terrestrial walking locomotion nor the usual foraging activities on open water. Nonetheless, the bird survived, presumably because it employed alternative feeding strategies. Considering this case in the context of previous studies on hindlimb injuries in other storm petrels, we conclude that these birds experience high frequencies of leg injuries but low frequencies of leg fractures.

Harvard Citation style: Reichert, J., Mayr, G., Wilke, T. and Peters, W. (2019) 3D modeling reveals functionality of a healed but malaligned leg fracture in a White-faced Storm Petrel Pelagodroma marina, Marine Ornithology, 47(2), pp. 253-256. http://www.marineornithology.org/article?rn=1326

APA Citation style: Reichert, J., Mayr, G., Wilke, T., & Peters, W. (2019). 3D modeling reveals functionality of a healed but malaligned leg fracture in a White-faced Storm Petrel Pelagodroma marina. Marine Ornithology. 47(2), 253-256. http://www.marineornithology.org/article?rn=1326