Publication Type: | Journal Article |
Year of Publication: | 2008 |
Authors: | D. González-Acuña, Ardiles, K., Figueroa-R, R. A., Barrientos, C., González, P., Moreno, L., Cicchino, A. Conrado |
Journal: | Journal of Raptor Research |
Volume: | 42 |
Issue: | 4 |
Pagination: | 281 - 286 |
Date Published: | 04/2008 |
ISSN: | 0892-1016 |
Keywords: | Chile, diurnal raptors, lice |
Abstract: | We describe species of lice collected from 12 species of Chilean diurnal raptors. Sampled raptors were obtained from wildlife rehabilitation centers and zoos, as carcasses found along highways, and from the avian collection of the National Museum of Natural History. Fourteen species of lice were isolated from all raptor hosts, with genus Degeeriella Neumann, 1906 (Philopteridae) and Colpocephalum Nitzsch, 1818 (Menoponidae) the most frequently found (60% and 26% of all lice, respectively). Degeeriella leucopleura (Nitzsch in Giebel, 1874) from Cinereous Harrier (Circus cinereus), D. carruthi Emerson, 1953 from American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) and Colpocephalum maculatum Piaget, 1880 from Southern Caracara (Caracara plancus) were the lice most commonly collected. Including data from previous studies, we found that in Chilean Falconiformes (1) Colpocephalum turbinatum Denny, 1842 is the louse species associated with the greatest number of raptor species, (2) Degeeriella fulva and Laemobothrion tinnunculi are characteristic of the genera of Buteo and Falco, respectively, and (3) the degree of host-specificity is high (76% of all louse species were associated with only one species host). Thus, our results are similar to those observed for other raptor hosts worldwide. Title in Spanish: ESPECIES DE PIOJOS EN AVES RAPACES DIURNAS DE CHILE RESUMEN.—Describimos las especies de piojos encontradas en 12 especies de rapaces diurnas chilenas. Los especı´menes muestreados fueron obtenidos de centros de rescate de fauna silvestre y zoolo´gicos, de aves atropelladas encontradas en carreteras y de colecciones de aves del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural. Catorce especies de piojos fueron aisladas de todas las especies hospederas, siendo los ge´neros Degeeriella Neumann, 1906 (Philopteridae) y Colpocephalum Nitzsch, 1818 (Menoponidae) los ma´s frecuentemente encontrados (60% y 26% de todos los piojos, respectivamente). Las especies de piojos ma´s comunes fueron Degeeriella leucopleura (Nitzsch in Giebel, 1874), encontrada en Circus cinereus, D. carruthi Emerson, 1953, encontrada en Falco sparverius y Colpocephalum maculatum Piaget, 1880, encontrada en Caracara plancus. Incluyendo estudios anteriores, encontramos que en los Falconiformes chilenos (1), Colpocephalum turbinatum Denny, es la especie de piojo asociada con el mayor nu´mero de especies de rapaces, (2) Degeeriella fulva (Giebel, 1874) y Laemobothrion tinnunculi (Linnaeus, 1758) son caracterı´sticos de los ge´neros Buteo y Falco, respectivamente, y (3) el grado de especificidad de hospedero es alto (76% de todas las especies de piojos estuvieron asociadas so´ lo a una especie de hospedero). Ası´, nuestros resultados son similares a los observados para otros hospederos rapaces de otras regiones del mundo. |
URL: | http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.3356/JRR-07-69.1 |
DOI: | 10.3356/JRR-07-69.1 |
Short Title: | Journal of Raptor Research |
Lice of Chilean Diurnal Raptors
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