@article {46688,
	title = {Incidence of Upupicola upupae in the crest of the hoopoe},
	journal = {Angewandte Parasitologie},
	volume = {18},
	year = {1977},
	month = {1977},
	pages = {215 - 219},
	abstract = {Incidence of Upupicola upupae in the crest of the hoopoe:
Hopoes belonging to waves of migrants through the Balearic Islands in August and September showed high rates of infestation by Upupicola upupae (77--85 p. c.). The parasite species was almost exclusively confined to the long and mobile feathers of the bird{\textquoteright}s crown. And at this time of the year the Mallophaga had put their egg cases on the crest feathers, too. A mean of 7 feather-lice was found at this localisation in 8 positive cases sampled. As some of the birds were moulting just these parts of their plumage, a relative high loss of the lice egg masses had to be expected. Evidently, in these cases, the lice didn{\textquoteright}t adaptively synchronise laying with the period during which moulting occurs. The wings of hopoes are conspiciously barred glossy-black and white. Here the relative dark coloured lice were sitting predominantly in a dark feather area. In these places they were much less visble than on a neighbouring white area. Thus the parasites hide themselves according to their colour.},
	keywords = {animals, bird, bird diseases, ecology, ectoparasite, English Abstract, Feathers/parasitology, Mallophaga, Seasons, Spain},
	isbn = {0003-3162},
	url = {http://phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/46688.pdf},
	author = {Mester,H.}
}
