A specimen of hairy snail Trochulus hispidus L. was found in the plumage of a great tit, Parus major, wintering in SW Poland. This passerine is the smallest bird species recorded carrying a gastropod.
Department of Animal Physiology and Biostructure, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Norwida 31, 50-375 Wroclaw, Poland
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