| feather mites of calidris fuscicollis (aves: scolopacidae) in brazil. | during the period 2010-2012, eighty individuals of calidris fuscicollis (vieillot, 1819) were collected on the southern coast of rio grande do sul, brazil, with the objective of determining the presence of feather mites. of the 80 birds examined, 32.5% were infested by mites, identified as avenzoaria calidridis (oudemans, 1904) (avenzoariidae) (31.25%), montchadskiana securicata (megnin & trouessart 1884) (pterolichidae) (22.5%) and alloptes limosae (dubinin, 1951) (alloptidae) (6.25%). this is ... | 2015 | 26675921 |
| chewing lice (phthiraptera) from calidris fuscicollis (aves: scolopacidae) in southern brazil. | during april and september from 2010 to 2012, 80 birds of the species calidris fuscicollis (white-rumped sandpiper) were collected for parasitological studies in the southern coast of rio grande do sul, under icmbio license no. 26234-1. for ectoparasite collection, the birds were first submerged in water with detergent. the parasites found were fixed in 70% alcohol, cleared in 10% potassium hydroxide and mounted in canada balsam. of 80 birds examined, 79% were parasitized. actornithophilus umbri ... | 2014 | 24742904 |