| parasites of the southern silvery grebe podiceps occipitalis (aves, podicipedidae) in chile. | a total of 97 southern silvery grebes (podiceps occipitalis), which died as the result of an oil spill on the coast of central chile, were examined for ecto- and endoparasites. two lice species including aquanirmus rollandii (philopteridae) and pseudomenopon dolium (menoponidae) were found from 6.2% (6/97) of birds. in 91.7% (89/97) of cases, grebes were infected with some kind of helminths. three species of gastrointestinal helminths were detected: eucoleus contortus (nematoda), profilicollis b ... | 2017 | 28977250 |