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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