| traumatic ventriculitis following consumption of introduced insect prey (hymenoptera) in nestling hihi (notiomystis cincta). | nestling mortality in the endangered and endemic hihi, also called stitchbird (notiomystis cincta), was studied over the 2008-09 breeding season at zealandia-karori sanctuary, wellington, new zealand. histopathology showed traumatic ventriculitis in seven of 25 (28%) dead nestlings. single or multiple granulomas centered on chitinous insect remnants were found lodged within the gizzard mucosa, muscle layers, and ventricular or intestinal serosa. the insect remnants were confirmed as bee or wasp ... | 2013 | 23307374 |