| new records of three hippoboscid species on newly captured birds from nature in paraná, brazil. | the aims of this study was to provide new records of hippoboscid flies collected over an one-year period on newly captured birds from nature in the state of paraná, brazil. the birds were received by a wildlife center in tijucas do sul and the hippoboscid flies were collect by hand or by tweezers, generating a prevalence of 0.7% (16/2232) of parasitized birds. new information about distribution of hippoboscid flies on asio clamator, rupornis magnirostris and athene cunicularia was reported in th ... | 2016 | 27737369 |
| habitat selection by owls in a seasonal semi-deciduous forest in southern brazil. | this paper tested the hypothesis that the structural components of vegetation have impact over the distribution of owl species in a fragment of a semi-deciduous seasonal forest. this paper also determined which vegetation variables contributed to the spatial distribution of owl species. it was developed in the perobas biological reserve (pbr) between september and december 2011. to conduct the owl census, a playback technique was applied at hearing points distributed to cover different vegetatio ... | 2015 | 26602354 |
| pupipara (diptera, hippoboscidae) in wild birds attended at a rehabilitation center in southern brazil. | the hippoboscids are cosmopolitan permanent obligate hematophagous ectoparasites of birds, domestic and wild mammals and, occasionally, humans. some species may act as vectors or hosts of etiological pathogenic agents. the aims of this study were to report on the first cases of hippoboscidae in crax blumenbachii and parabuteo unicinctus; to provide new reports from brazil on tyto furcata and asio stygius parasitized by icosta americana; to report on individuals of bubo virginianus, falco sparver ... | 2019 | 31166378 |
| the use of sulfur hexafluoride microbubbles for contrast-enhanced ocular ultrasonography of the pecten oculi in birds. | the pecten oculi is a vascular and pigmented structure localized within the posterior segment of all avian eyes. its primary function is not fully understood yet. | 2019 | 30109756 |