Monty's remains will be provided to the Field Museum’s avian department to be available for future studies that contribute to the recovery of the Great Lakes piping plovers.
Amy Lardner gives a thumbs-up to a friend while attending a gathering to remember Monty, a Great Lakes piping plover, at Montrose Beach on May 25, 2022, in Chicago. The endangered bird died May 13.
A necropsy on a beloved, endangered piping plover named Monty shows he died of a respiratory infection, experts said Tuesday. The Lincoln Park Zoo said it partnered with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the University of Illinois Zoological Pathology Program to determine the bird’s cause of death.The severe fungal respiratory infection included a laryngitis that restricted Monty’s airway, the zoo announced.Additional testing is being conducted to identify the fungus but it is suspected of being environmental in origin, the zoo said.
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