Polydactyly in a Vaux's Swift

Walter H. Sakai

doi:10.1676/05-090.1

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Walter H. Sakai^*

^*Life Sciences Dept., Santa Monica College, 1900 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405-1628, USA; sakai_walter@smc.edu

Abstract

I report on polydactyly in a Vaux's Swift (Chaetura vauxi). An extra, asymmetrically located toe was found on each foot of one swift. A check of 329 swifts from several museums produced no other examples of polydactyly in this species. A review of the literature and a query over the Internet, however, produced 10 other examples of polydactyly in wild birds.

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Walter H. Sakai "Polydactyly in a Vaux's Swift," The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 118(3), 424-426, (1 September 2006). https://doi.org/10.1676/05-090.1

Received: 5 August 2005; Accepted: 1 February 2006; Published: 1 September 2006

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