Beached seabirds in Brazil - cause of death, pathologies and plastic ingestion

We reviewed complete postmortem examination records of 654 seabirds that beached between 2017-2021 in Southeastern Brazil.
This dataset includes information about:

- Biological data (species, weight, sex, stage of development, corporal score).
- Cause of death and pathologies/conditions found in necropsy.
- Debris ingestion, mostly plastic, including total amount and mass (0.0001 g) , and per type: industrial plastic, hard plastic, sheet plastic, threadlike plastic, foam, elastic, other items and hook.

For methods information, see the source article.