Polymelia in the Common Teal (Anas crecca) in Kamchatka
Abstract This paper reports the first documented case of polymelia in a wild bird belonging to the order Anseriformes. A young male common teal (Anas crecca) was obtained in the autumn of 2012 near the settlement of Klyuchi (56.3° N, 160.8° E) in Central Kamchatka. The bird possessed a supernumerary hind limb attached to the caudal part of the pelvis, and the foot contained five toes.
Authors
- N. N. Gerasimov
- Yuri B. Artukhin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5881-8487)
Institutions
- Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Biology Bulletin
- Published
- 2026-10-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1134/s1062359026700482
- Primary Topic
- Avian ecology and behavior
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00