[Chewing lice of eurasian curlews (Numenius arquata) from the Li Bong island non-hunting area, Trang province]

Paper in Thai

Title: เหากัดของนกอีก๋อยใหญ่จากเขตห้ามล่าสัตว์ป่าเกาะลิบง จังหวัดตรัง

Keywords: นกอีก๋อยใหญ่;เหากัด;ปรสิตภายนอก;ชนิด;การจำแนก;เขตห้ามล่าสัตว์ป่าเกาะลิบง;จ.ตรัง

English Abstract: Flocks of Eurasian Curlew (Numenius arquata), a migrating shorebird species in Thailand at the Li Bong Island Non-hunting Area, Trang province were trapped using cannon nets for avian influenza and ornithological survey. Ectoparasites were found on the body of these birds specifically at eyelid, nasal cavity, beak, wing, and neck. The ectoparasites were collected randomly for parasitological identification.
Only one species of chewing lice in suborder Ischnocera, Cummingsiella ovalis (Scopoli, 1763) was identified by microscopic examination. To the authorsû knowledge, this is the first report of C. ovalis collected from Eurasian Curlews in Thailand.