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Plumage aberration records are widely reported for terrestrial bird species, although for seabirds those records are still scarce. The brown mutation is one of the most frequent color aberration in birds, and is defined as a qualitative reduction of eumelanin. Here we describe the first records of brown plumage aberration for two seabird species, in two individuals of Larus dominicanus and one individual of Spheniscus magellanicus, in coastal southern Brazil, thus contributing to the knowledge on color variations in wild birds.
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Petry, M.V., Corrêa, L.L.C., Benemann, V.R.F. et al. Brown plumage aberration records in Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus) and Magellanic Penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) in southern Brazil. Rev. Bras. Ornitol. 25, 125–127 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03544388
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