| parasites of the shiny cowbird, molothrus bonariensis, and the austral blackbird, curaeus curaeus, (passeriformes: icteridae) in chile. | comparative studies of parasites in sympatric bird species have been generally scarce. parasitic infection/transmission can be spread in a number of ways that suggests possible direct and indirect, horizontal transmission between avian hosts. in order to determine whether two sympatric icterids from central and southern chile share their parasite fauna (ecto- and endoparasites), we examined parasites of 27 shiny cowbirds, molothrus bonariensis, and 28 austral blackbirds, curaeus curaeus, includi ... | 2020 | 32609244 |