Red-cockaded Woodpecker with beak deformity in North Carolina
By Alaska Science Center
August 2019 (approx.)
Detailed Description
Red-cockaded Woodpecker with beak deformity characteristic of avian keratin disorder (AKD) shared by the Sandhills Ecological Institute in North Carolina, USA. Avian keratin disorder is a disease characterized by debilitating beak overgrowth and other abnormalities of keratinized tissues. Affected birds have difficulty feeding and preening and may suffer high rates of mortality.
Copyright: Photo taken by Kerry Brust
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