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. 2017 May 5;12(5):e0177366. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177366

Table 1. Demographic data of the seabird species admitted to the Tafira Wildlife Rehabilitation Center (Gran Canaria Island, Spain) (2003–2013).

Species Number of seabirds (%) Sex Age
M/Fa Unknown <1 year >1 year Unknown
Order Procellariiformes 915 (46.78) 35/55 825 207 317 391
Family Procellariidae
Cory’s Shearwater (Calonectris diomedea borealis) 393 (20.09) 34/54 305 38 193 162
Bulwer’s Petrel (Bulweria bulwerii) 185 (9.45) 0/1 184 98 33 54
Barolo Shearwater (Puffinus baroli) 10 (0.51) - 10 6 1 3
Manx Shearwater (Puffinus puffinus) 11 (0.56) - 11 6 3 2
Great Shearwater (Ardenna gravis) 7 (0.35) 1/0 6 4 1 2
Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) 1 (0.05) - 1 0 0 1
Family Hydrobatidae
Leach’s Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) 128 (6.54) - 128 29 17 82
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel (Oceanodroma castro) 16 (0.81) - 16 4 3 9
European Storm-Petrel (Hydrobates pelagicus pelagicus) 6 (0.31) - 6 1 2 3
White-faced Storm-Petrel (Pelagodroma marina hypoleuca) 158 (8.07) - 158 21 64 73
Order Suliformes 53 (2.71) 0/1 52 24 21 8
Family Sulidae
Northern Gannet (Morus bassanus) 52 (2.65) 0/1 51 23 21 8
Family Phalacrocoracidae
European Shag (Phalacrocorax aristotelis) 1 (0.05) - 1 1 0 0
Order Charadriiformes 988 (50.51) 13/19 956 194 181 613
Family Laridae
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus) 24 (1.22) - 24 7 11 6
Yellow-legged Gull (Larus michahellis) 910 (46.52) 13/18 879 183 154 573
Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) 7 (0.35) 0/1 6 1 1 5
Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) 5 (0.25) - 5 0 2 3
Black-headed Gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) 10 (0.51) - 10 1 4 5
Common Tern (Sterna hirundo hirundo) 11 (0.56) - 11 1 2 8
Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) 19 (0.97) - 19 1 7 11
Black Tern (Chlidonias niger) 1 (0.05) - 1 0 0 1
Family Alcidae
Atlantic Puffin (Fratercula arctica) 1 (0.05) - 1 0 0 1
TOTAL 1,956 48/75 1,833 425 519 1,012

aM/F: male/female ratio