Gastrointestinal and external parasites of the white-crested elaenia Elaenia albiceps chilensis (Aves, Tyrannidae) in Chile

• Autor(a) principal: Fuentes,Danny
• Data de Publicação: 2015
• Outros Autores: Reyes,Jaime, Sepúlveda,María Soledad, Kinsella,Mike, Mironov,Sergey, Cicchino,Armando, Moreno,Lucila, Landaeta-Aqueveque,Carlos, Troncoso,Ignacio, González-Acuña,Daniel
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-29612015000300276
• topic: Birds; Elaenia albiceps chilensis; feather mites; Acarina; Phthiraptera; Nematoda

The objective of this study is to evaluate the ectoparasites and helminths of the white-crested elaenia, Elaenia albiceps chilensis. Feather mites Anisophyllodes elaeniae, Trouessartia elaeniae, and Analges sp. were detected in 51% of birds (n=106), whereas 24% were infected with lice (Tyranniphilopterus delicatulus, Menacanthus cfr. distinctus, and Ricinus cfr. invadens). Helminths Viguiera sp. and Capillaria sp. were found in five of the birds that were necropsied (n=20). With the exception of A. elaeniae, T. elaeniae, and T. delicatulus, all parasites represented new records found for the white-crested elaenia, and therefore for the Chilean repertoire of biodiversity.