Table 2. Primary causes of morbidity for 1,956 seabirds admitted to the Tafira Wildlife Rehabilitation Center (Gran Canaria Island, Spain) (2003–2013).
Cause of admission | Number of admissions | % | ||
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Dead | Alive | Total | ||
Crude oil | 5 | 31 | 36 | 1.8 |
Fishing gear | 5 | 90 | 95 | 4.8 |
Light pollution (fallout) | 0 | 505 | 505 | 25.8 |
Metabolic/nutritional disorder | 7 | 108 | 115 | 5.9 |
Orphaned young | 6 | 100 | 106 | 5.4 |
Other causes | 1 | 29 | 30 | 1.5 |
Other traumas | 83 | 272 | 355 | 18.1 |
Gunshot | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.1 |
Collision | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0.2 |
Predation | 66 | 8 | 74 | 3.8 |
Pecks | 1 | 7 | 8 | 0.4 |
Unknown origin | 14 | 254 | 268 | 13.7 |
Poisoning/intoxication | 26 | 457 | 483 | 24.7 |
Unknown/undetermined | - | 231 | 231 | 11.8 |