TY - JOUR
T1 - From social networks to bird enthusiasts
T2 - reporting interactions between plastic waste and birds in Peru
AU - Ayala, Félix
AU - Vizcarra, Jhonson K.
AU - Castillo-Morales, Karen
AU - Torres-Zevallos, Uriel
AU - Cordero-Maldonado, Cristel
AU - Ampuero-Merino, Lyanne
AU - Herrera-Peralta, Kárlom
AU - De-La-Torre, Gabriel Enrique
AU - Angulo, Fernando
AU - Cárdenas-Alayza, Susana
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of Foundation for Environmental Conservation.
PY - 2023/3/16
Y1 - 2023/3/16
N2 - Peru has the second-highest diversity of birds in the world, but little is known about the interactions between birds and plastic waste. To fill this knowledge gap, we searched the scientific literature, collected information from social networks such as Facebook and databases such as Macaulay Library and iNaturalist and solicited records through messaging with researchers and bird enthusiasts. We found 119 bird interactions with plastic debris involving 39 species from 20 families, with the red-legged cormorant Phalacrocorax gaimardi and the neotropical cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus being the most affected species. By type of interaction category, plastic waste in nests was the most abundant, followed by entanglement, capture and handling and ingestion. Ropes, nets and soft plastics such as bags were the most frequently reported types of waste. As our methodology has limitations, it is probable that other species that also interact with plastic waste have not been reported, so we recommend further study.
AB - Peru has the second-highest diversity of birds in the world, but little is known about the interactions between birds and plastic waste. To fill this knowledge gap, we searched the scientific literature, collected information from social networks such as Facebook and databases such as Macaulay Library and iNaturalist and solicited records through messaging with researchers and bird enthusiasts. We found 119 bird interactions with plastic debris involving 39 species from 20 families, with the red-legged cormorant Phalacrocorax gaimardi and the neotropical cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus being the most affected species. By type of interaction category, plastic waste in nests was the most abundant, followed by entanglement, capture and handling and ingestion. Ropes, nets and soft plastics such as bags were the most frequently reported types of waste. As our methodology has limitations, it is probable that other species that also interact with plastic waste have not been reported, so we recommend further study.
KW - Peru
KW - birds
KW - plastic waste
KW - pollution
KW - social media
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85150470948
U2 - 10.1017/S037689292300005X
DO - 10.1017/S037689292300005X
M3 - Artículo
AN - SCOPUS:85150470948
SN - 0376-8929
VL - 140
JO - Environmental Conservation
JF - Environmental Conservation
ER -