First sub-lingual oral fistula reported in a Swinhoe’s Snipe Gallinago megala
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Pages
64 – 66
Published
1 April 19
Authors
David S. Melville, Batmunkh Davaasuren, Tuvshinjargal Erdenechimeg
DOI
10.18194/ws.00133
Correspondence
David Melville
david.melville@xtra.co.nz
1261 Dovedale Road, RD 2 Wakefield, Nelson, New Zealand
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On 26 August 2018 the authors caught a Swinhoe’s Snipe at the Khurkh Bird Ringing Station, Khentii Province, Mongolia who had the tongue protruding through an oral fistula. The authors describe the details and occurrences of this condition in other bird species.