| chewing lice (phthiraptera) found on songbirds (passeriformes) in turkey. | objective: this study was performed to detect chewing lice species found on the songbirds at lake kuyucuk bird ringing station in the kars province located in eastern turkey. methods: chewing lice were collected from songbirds captured between september and october 2009. fifty-one birds belonging to 22 species and 16 genera from 10 families were examined for the louse. results: eleven of 51 birds (21.57%) belonging to 7 species; were infested with at least one chewing louse species. the collecte ... | 2011 | 21618190 |