| ectoparasites of the black-chinned siskin spinus barbatus (passeriformes: fringillidae) in chile. | despite being a bird with a broad and extensive distribution in chile, the black-chinned siskin, spinus barbatus molina, 1782 is not well studied in relation to its parasites. this paper aims to describe the ectoparasite fauna of s. barbatus in central and southern chile. a total of 125 individuals caught with mist nets were examined alive; a total of 22 parasites were found dead and were exposed to parasit autopsy. the extracted parasites were preserved in 70% alcohol for subsequent mounting an ... | 2016 | 27982296 |