Abstract
In winter 1963–64 in lowlands of central and southern Taiwan, 1561 freshly collected wild birds of 105 species were examined for arthropod parasites. An average of 65% of the birds were found harboring Mallophaga; 26%, Hippoboscidae; 2%, Ixodidae; 28%, chiggers or trombiculid larvae; 45%, feather mites; and 19%, nasal mites. No bedbugs or fleas were revealed. Parasitism rate, notably of chiggers and feather mites in a narrow, densely forested valley was generally higher than in a wide deforested or thinly forested area. Eleven species of Hippoboscidae were collected; their host range and preference, species association, as well as disharmonic distributional pattern, are discussed. Determinations of the other parasites are not yet completed.
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