| the species of mallophaga in wild birds in iran. | up to date 2 species of mallophaga have been reported from birds in iran. further studies in tehran area showed that the wild birds harbour more lice. the following species of mallophage are reported for the first time from birds in iran. anaticola crassicornis from anas clypeata, laemobothrion maximum from falco tinnunculus laemobothrion sp. from aquila chrysaetos alcedoecus annulatus from alcedo athis, colpocephalum pectinatum and strigiphilus sp. from streptopelia turtur, amrysidea fulvomacul ... | 1975 | 1243890 |
| isospora solimanae sp. nov. from the egyptian hoopoe (upupa epops major). | isospora solimanae (sp. nov.) is recorded for the first time infecting the egyptian hoopoe (upupa epops major). unsporulated as well as sporulated oocysts were studied, photographed and compared with other isosporan infections of related birds. site of infection and invasion limits were determined among naturally infected hoopoes and represented diagramatically. the rate of infection was congruent to 37.5%, and its severity considered to be non-pathogenic, since no remarkable lesions were observ ... | 1992 | 1431275 |
| comparative histoenzymatic studies on the distribution of alkaline and acid phosphatases in the liver and pancreas of a few birds viz., upupa epops (fam. upupidae), cinnyris asiatica (fam. nectariniidae) and halcyon smyrnensis (fam. alcedinidae). | | 1973 | 4197857 |
| histoenzymological demonstration of acid phosphatase in the gizzard of cinnyris asiatica, megalaima haemacephala and upupa epops. | | 1974 | 4216236 |
| biuterinoides aegypti, a new cestode from the intestine of upupa epops. | | 1981 | 7299151 |
| isolation of a velogenic strain of newcastle disease virus from upupa epops (hoopoe). | | 1980 | 7468008 |
| a new species of neyraia joyeux et timon-david, 1934 (cestoda: dilepididae) from the egyptian wild birds. | a new species of the genus neyraia joyeux et timon-david, 1934 is described from egyptian wild birds; neyraia epops from the hoopoe upupa epops. the new species is compared and with the other related species of the genus. the erection of the new species was based primarily on differences in the number of testes and number of the rostellar hooks. | 1994 | 8077764 |
| plasmodium garnhami sp. nov. from the egyptian hoopoe (upupa epops major brehm). | | 1965 | 14298030 |
| characterization of antimicrobial substances produced by enterococcus faecalis mrr 10-3, isolated from the uropygial gland of the hoopoe (upupa epops). | the uropygial gland (preen gland) is a holocrine secretory gland situated at the base of the tail in birds which produces a hydrophobic fatty secretion. in certain birds, such as the hoopoe, upupa epops, the composition of this secretion is influenced by both seasonal and sexual factors, becoming darker and more malodorous in females and in their nestlings during the nesting phase. the secretion is spread throughout the plumage when the bird preens itself, leaving its feathers flexible and water ... | 2006 | 16751538 |
| the bird species of kumasir lake (kahramanmaras-turkey) and a view of environmental ethics on sustainable wetland management. | kumasir lake is located next to towns of donuklu and fatih, nine km west of kahramanmaras city center the region of east mediterranean, turkey this lake is of crucial importance from the point of native and immigrant birds. we located 17 birdspecies in this area during our observations carried out in the spring and autumn of 2005-2006. these were ciconia ciconia l., anas platyrhynchos l., accipiter nisus l., accipiter brevipes l., fulica atra l., columba palumbus l., merops apiaster l., upupa ep ... | 2008 | 18972701 |
| antimicrobial chemicals in hoopoe preen secretions are produced by symbiotic bacteria. | animals frequently use metabolites produced by symbiotic bacteria as agents against pathogens and parasites. secretions from the preen gland of birds are used for this purpose, although its chemicals apparently are produced by the birds themselves. european hoopoes upupa epops and green woodhoopoes phoeniculus purpureus harbour symbiotic bacteria in the uropygial gland that might be partly responsible for the chemical composition of secretions. here we investigate the antimicrobial activity of t ... | 2010 | 19812087 |
| year-round tracking of small trans-saharan migrants using light-level geolocators. | since 1899 ringing (or banding) remained the most important source of information about migration routes, stopover sites and wintering grounds for birds that are too small to carry satellite-based tracking systems. despite the large quantity of migrating birds ringed in their breeding areas in europe, the number of ring recoveries from sub-saharan africa is very low and therefore the whereabouts of most small bird species outside the breeding season remain a mystery. with new miniaturized light- ... | 2010 | 20221266 |
| the demographic drivers of local population dynamics in two rare migratory birds. | the exchange of individuals among populations can have strong effects on the dynamics and persistence of a given population. yet, estimation of immigration rates remains one of the greatest challenges for animal demographers. little empirical knowledge exists about the effects of immigration on population dynamics. new integrated population models fitted using bayesian methods enable simultaneous estimation of fecundity, survival and immigration, as well as the growth rate of a population of int ... | 2011 | 21786022 |
| bio-ecology of the louse, upupicola upupae, infesting the common hoopoe, upupa epops. | abstract the population characteristics of the louse, upupicola upupae (shrank) (mallophaga: philopteridae: ishnocera), infesting the common hoopae, upupa epops l. (aves: upupiformes), were recorded during 2007-08 in district rampur, uttar pradesh india. the pattern of frequency distribution of the louse conformed to the negative binomial model. the lice and its nits were reared in vitro at 35 ± 1° c, 75-82 % rh, on a feather diet. the data obtained was used to construct the life table and to de ... | 2011 | 21861650 |
| The prolactin response to an acute stressor in relation to parental care and corticosterone in a short-lived bird, the Eurasian hoopoe. | Prolactin plays an important role in mediating parental care in birds, but little is known about changes in prolactin levels when animals disrupt their reproductive behaviour during emergency life-history stages. We investigated the variation of prolactin levels with breeding stage, sex, body condition and as a response to a standardized acute stressor in a small short-lived bird, the Eurasian hoopoe Upupa epops under natural field conditions. We found higher baseline levels of prolactin in fema ... | 2011 | 21855546 |
| prevalence, diversity and characterization of enterococci from three coraciiform birds. | coraciiform birds hoopoe (upupa epops), common kingfisher (alcedo atthis) and european roller (coracius garrulus) were examined for enterococci in their cloacae and uropygial glands. the enterococcal isolates were identified at the species level using several genomic and proteomic methods, screened for antibiotic susceptibility and genotyped by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (pfge). clonality of isolates from the common kingfisher was also assessed by multi-locus sequence typing (mlst). using ... | 2015 | 25772302 |
| first data on the genetic diversity of avian haemosporidians in china: cytochrome b lineages of the genera plasmodium and haemoproteus (haemosporida) from gansu province. | a total of 76 birds belonging to 23 species and 14 families was examined for the presence of plasmodium spp. and haemoproteus spp. birds were trapped at four localities in gansu province, china, in june-july 2011. dna was isolated from blood samples and parasite detection, and identification was based on pcr assays and sequences of 479 bp of cyt b gene. the total prevalence of haemosporidians was 21.0%. haemoproteus spp. were detected in 14 birds (prevalence 18.4%). the lineage cyapic1 from cyan ... | 2013 | 23851731 |
| a review of quill mites (acari: syringophilidae) parasitising kenyan birds. | two new species of quill mites (acari: prostigmata: syringophilidae) collected from passeriform and coraciiform birds from kenya are described : neoaulonastus apalis sp. nov. from apalis porphyrolaema reichenow and neumann (passeriformes: cisticolidae) and peristerophila upupi sp. nov. from upupa epops linnaeus (coraciiformes: upupidae). additionally, 3 new host species: cisticola hunteri shelley, 1889; acrocephalus baeticatus (vieillot, 1817) and ploceus xanthops (hartlaub, 1862) from kenya and ... | 2014 | 25283123 |
| multidrug-resistant salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium monophasic variant 4,12:i:- isolated from asymptomatic wildlife in a catalonian wildlife rehabilitation center, spain. | wildlife can act as long-term asymptomatic reservoirs for zoonotic bacteria, such as salmonella. the prevalence and antimicrobial-susceptibility profiles of salmonella spp. were assessed in 263 cases in wildlife from 22 animal orders from a wildlife rehabilitation center in catalonia (ne spain), september 2013-may 2014. eleven of 263 tested animals were positive for salmonella spp., representing an overall prevalence of 4.2%. prevalences by taxonomic categories were 2% in mammals, 4.7% in birds, ... | 2015 | 25973627 |
| an experimental test of host's life history traits modulation in response to cuckoo parasitism risk. | hosts can counteract parasites through defences based on resistance and/or tolerance. the mechanistic basis of tolerance, which involve defensive mechanisms minimizing parasite damage after a successful parasitic attack, remains poorly explored in the study of cuckoo-host interactions. here, we experimentally explore the possibility that the risk of great spotted cuckoo clamator glandarius parasitism may induce tolerance defences in magpie pica pica hosts through plasticity in life-history trait ... | 2017 | 28658287 |
| gene flow and genetic drift contribute to high genetic diversity with low phylogeographical structure in european hoopoes (upupa epops). | the hoopoe (upupa epops epops) breeds widely in eurasia and most populations migrate to africa during the boreal winter. to date, data regarding its phylogeography in europe are missing. in this study, we investigated the phylogeography and population genetics of hoopoes by means of mitochondrial dna (mtdna) sequencing as well as microsatellite genotyping. our analyses revealed 32 haplotypes in the cytochrome c oxidase subunit i (coi) (269 individuals) and 50 haplotypes in cytochrome b (cyt b) ( ... | 2017 | 28533084 |
| repeatability of individual migration routes, wintering sites, and timing in a long-distance migrant bird. | migratory birds are often faithful to wintering (nonbreeding) sites, and also migration timing is usually remarkably consistent, that is, highly repeatable. spatiotemporal repeatability can be of advantage for multiple reasons, including familiarity with local resources and predators as well as avoiding the costs of finding a new place, for example, nesting grounds. however, when the environment is variable in space and time, variable site selection and timing might be more rewarding. to date, s ... | 2016 | 28035259 |
| nest bacterial environment affects microbiome of hoopoe eggshells, but not that of the uropygial secretion. | the study of associations between symbiotic bacterial communities of hosts and those of surrounding environments would help to understand how bacterial assemblages are acquired, and how they are transmitted from one to another location (i.e. symbiotic bacteria acquisition by hosts). hoopoes (upupa epops) smear their eggshells with uropygial secretion (oily secretion produced in their uropygial gland) that harbors antibiotic producing bacteria. trying to elucidate a possible role of nest material ... | 2016 | 27409772 |
| the microbiome of the uropygial secretion in hoopoes is shaped along the nesting phase. | microbial symbiont acquisition by hosts may determine the effectiveness of the mutualistic relationships. a mix of vertical and horizontal transmission may be advantageous for hosts by allowing plastic changes of microbial communities depending on environmental conditions. plasticity is well known for gut microbiota but is poorly understood for other symbionts of wild animals. we here explore the importance of environmental conditions experienced by nestling hoopoes (upupa epops) during the late ... | 2016 | 27075655 |
| environmental factors shape the community of symbionts in the hoopoe uropygial gland more than genetic factors. | exploring processes of coevolution of microorganisms and their hosts is a new imperative for life sciences. if bacteria protect hosts against pathogens, mechanisms facilitating the intergenerational transmission of such bacteria will be strongly selected by evolution. by disentangling the diversity of bacterial strains from the uropygium of hoopoes (upupa epops) due to genetic relatedness or to a common environment, we explored the importance of horizontal (from the environment) and vertical (fr ... | 2014 | 25172851 |
| territory occupancy and parental quality as proxies for spatial prioritization of conservation areas. | in order to maximize their fitness, individuals aim at choosing territories offering the most appropriate combination of resources. as population size fluctuates in time, the frequency of breeding territory occupancy reflects territory quality. we investigated the relationships between the frequency of territory occupancy (2002-2009) vs. habitat characteristics, prey abundance, reproductive success and parental traits in hoopoes upupa epops l., with the objective to define proxies for the deline ... | 2014 | 24836965 |
| special structures of hoopoe eggshells enhance the adhesion of symbiont-carrying uropygial secretion that increase hatching success. | animals live in a bacterial world, and detecting and exploring adaptations favouring mutualistic relationships with antibiotic-producing bacteria as a strategy to fight pathogens are of prime importance for evolutionary ecologists. uropygial secretion of european hoopoes (upupa epops, linnaeus) contains antimicrobials from mutualistic bacteria that may be used to prevent embryo infection. here, we investigated the microscopic structure of hoopoe eggshells looking for special features favouring t ... | 2014 | 24786478 |
| bacteriocins with a broader antimicrobial spectrum prevail in enterococcal symbionts isolated from the hoopoe's uropygial gland. | the use of compounds produced by symbiotic bacteria against pathogens in animals is one of the most exciting discoveries in ecological immunology. the study of those antibiotic metabolites will enable an understanding of the defensive strategies against pathogenic infections. here, we explore the role of bacteriocins explaining the antimicrobial properties of symbiotic bacteria isolated from the uropygial gland of the hoopoe (upupa epops). the antagonistic activity of 187 strains was assayed aga ... | 2013 | 23621827 |
| modulation of the adrenocortical response to acute stress with respect to brood value, reproductive success and survival in the eurasian hoopoe. | reproducing parents face the difficult challenge of trading-off investment in current reproduction against presumed future survival and reproduction. glucocorticoids are supposed to mediate this trade-off because the adrenocortical response to stress disrupts normal reproductive behaviour in favour of self-maintenance and own survival. according to the brood-value hypothesis, individuals with a low survival probability until the next reproductive season have to invest in current reproduction, a ... | 2013 | 23386047 |
| conservation through connectivity: can isotopic gradients in africa reveal winter quarters of a migratory bird? | conservation of migratory wildlife requires knowledge of migratory connectivity between breeding and non-breeding locations. stable isotopes in combination with geographical isotopic patterns (isoscapes) can provide inferences about migratory connectivity. this study examines whether such an approach can be used to infer wintering areas in sub-saharan africa, where we lack such knowledge for many species, but where this method has not been used widely. we measured δ (2)h, δ (13)c and δ (15)n in ... | 2013 | 23011847 |
| antimicrobial activity and genetic profile of enteroccoci isolated from hoopoes uropygial gland. | symbiotic microorganisms may be directly transferred from parents to offspring or acquired from a particular environment that animals may be able to select. if benefits for hosts vary among microbial strains, natural selection may favour hosts holding the most beneficial one. enterococci symbionts living in the hoopoe (upupa epops) uropygial gland are able to synthesise bacteriocins (antimicrobial peptides that inhibit the growth of competitor bacteria). we explored variability in genetic profil ... | 2012 | 22911858 |
| massive nest-box supplementation boosts fecundity, survival and even immigration without altering mating and reproductive behaviour in a rapidly recovered bird population. | habitat restoration measures may result in artificially high breeding density, for instance when nest-boxes saturate the environment, which can negatively impact species' demography. potential risks include changes in mating and reproductive behaviour such as increased extra-pair paternity, conspecific brood parasitism, and polygyny. under particular cicumstances, these mechanisms may disrupt reproduction, with populations dragged into an extinction vortex. with the use of nuclear microsatellite ... | 2012 | 22545155 |
| dynamics of prevalence and distribution pattern of avian plasmodium species and its vectors in diverse zoogeographical areas - a review. | avian plasmodium is of special interest to health care scientists and veterinarians due to the potency of causing avian malaria in non-adapted birds and their evolutionary phylogenetic relationship with human malaria species. this article aimed to provide a comprehensive list of the common avian plasmodium parasites in the birds and mosquitoes, to specify the common plasmodium species and lineages in the selected regions of west of asia, east of europe, and north of africa/middle east, and to de ... | 2020 | 32087345 |
| miniaturized multi-sensor loggers provide new insight into year-round flight behaviour of small trans-sahara avian migrants. | over the past decade, the miniaturisation of animal borne tags such as geolocators and gps-transmitters has revolutionized our knowledge of the whereabouts of migratory species. novel light-weight multi-sensor loggers (1.4 g), which harbour sensors for measuring ambient light intensity, atmospheric pressure, temperature and acceleration, were fixed to two long-distance migrant bird species - eurasian hoopoe (upupa epops) and great reed warbler (acrocephalus arundinaceus). using acceleration and ... | 2018 | 30305904 |
| autoclaving nest-material remains influences the probability of ectoparasitism of nestling hoopoes (upupa epops). | nest bacterial environment influences avian reproduction directly because it might include pathogenic- or antibiotic-producing bacteria or indirectly because predators or ectoparasites can use volatile compounds from nest bacterial metabolism to detect nests of their avian hosts. hoopoes (upupa epops) do not build nests. they rather reuse holes or nest-boxes that contain remains of nest-materials from previous breeding seasons. interestingly, it has been recently described that the nest's bacter ... | 2020 | 32977475 |
| disentangling the spatial and temporal causes of decline in a bird population. | the difficulties in understanding the underlying reasons of a population decline lie in the typical short duration of field studies, the often too small size already reached by a declining population or the multitude of environmental factors that may influence population trend. in this difficult context, useful demographic tools such as integrated population models (ipm) may help disentangling the main reasons for a population decline. to understand why a hoopoe upupa epops population has declin ... | 2020 | 32760501 |
| detection and complete genome characterization of a novel rna virus related to members of the hepe-virga clade in bird species, hoopoe (upupa epops). | using viral metagenomics, next-generation sequencing and rt-pcr techniques a genetically divergent hepevirus-like rna virus was identified and characterized from a faecal sample of wild bird species, hoopoe (upupa epops) in hungary. the complete viral genome sequence of hoopoe/bbanka01/2015/hun (genbank accession number mn852439) is 7052 nt long including a 54-nt 5' and an 18-nt 3' non-coding region without poly(a)-tail. sequence analysis indicated that the hoopoe/bbanka01/2015/hun genome has po ... | 2020 | 32035975 |
| gross morphological and ultrastructural characterization of the oropharyngeal cavity of the eurasian hoopoe captured from egypt. | the present study aimed to give full morphological insight into the oropharyngeal cavity of eurasian hoopoe at the level of gross morphology in addition to ultrastructural inspection including light- and scanning electron microscopy. the oropharyngeal cavity has a triangular appearance with a very long rostrally located beak, helping the bird achieve its feeding mechanism. the floor of the oropharyngeal cavity is divided into three parts; a pre-lingual part with a pre-lingual fold, a lingual par ... | 2019 | 30357609 |
| diverse migration strategies in hoopoes (upupa epops) lead to weak spatial but strong temporal connectivity. | the annual cycle of migrating birds is shaped by their seasonal movements between breeding and non-breeding sites. studying how migratory populations are linked throughout the annual cycle-migratory connectivity, is crucial to understanding the population dynamics of migrating bird species. this requires the consideration not only of spatial scales as has been the main focus to date but also of temporal scales: only when both aspects are taken into account, the degree of migratory connectivity c ... | 2018 | 29931450 |
| acquisition of uropygial gland microbiome by hoopoe nestlings. | mutualistic symbioses between animals and bacteria depend on acquisition of appropriate symbionts while avoiding exploitation by non-beneficial microbes. the mode of acquisition of symbionts would determine, not only the probability of encountering but also evolutionary outcomes of mutualistic counterparts. the microbiome inhabiting the uropygial gland of the european hoopoe (upupa epops) includes a variety of bacterial strains, some of them providing antimicrobial benefits. here, the mode of ac ... | 2018 | 29250734 |
| hoopoe males experience intra-seasonal while females experience inter-seasonal reproductive costs. | reproductive and survival costs due to reproductive investment are a central element for the evolution of life histories. both intra- (reduction of reproductive performance of second brood due to investment in first brood) and inter-seasonal costs (reduction of reproductive performance or annual survival due to reproductive investment in preceding year) may appear in multiple breeding species. knowledge about how trade-offs within and between seasons shape individual trajectories and influence f ... | 2018 | 29248976 |
| sex-specific heterogeneity in fixed morphological traits influences individual fitness in a monogamous bird population. | theoretical work has emphasized the important role of individual traits on population dynamics, but empirical models are often based on average or stage-dependent demographic rates. in this study on a monogamous bird, the eurasian hoopoe (upupa epops), we show how the interactions between male and female fixed and dynamic heterogeneity influence demographic rates and population dynamics. we built an integral projection model including individual sex, age, condition (reflecting dynamic heterogene ... | 2018 | 29244560 |
| micro-mechanical properties of different sites on woodpecker's skull. | the uneven distributed microstructure featured with plate-like spongy bone in woodpecker's skull has been found to further help reduce the impact during woodpecker's pecking behavior. therefore, this work was to investigate the micro-mechanical properties and composition on different sites of great spotted woodpecker's (gsw) skull. different sites were selected on forehead, tempus and occiput, which were also compared with those of eurasian hoopoe (eh) and lark birds (lb). micro structural param ... | 2017 | 29091466 |