Abstract
A total of thirty Austral thrushes Turdus falcklandii Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 (Turdidae) carcasses were brought to the Departamento de Ciencia Animal, Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias, Universidad de Concepción, to be examined for ecto- and endoparasites. Ectoparasites were found on 20% (6/30) of the thrushes and belonged to species Brueelia magellanica Cichino, 1986 (Phthiraptera), Menacanthus eurysternus Burmeister, 1838 (Phthiraptera) and Tyrannidectes falcklandicus Mironov & González-Acuña, 2011 (Acari). Endoparasites were isolated from 26.6% (8/30) of the birds and identified as Lueheia inscripta Westrumb, 1821 (Acanthocephala), Plagiorhynchus cylindraceus Goeze, 1782 (Acanthocephala), Wardium sp. sensu Mayhew, 1925 (Cestoda), Dilepis undula (Cestoda) Schrank, 1788, and Zonorchis sp. (sensu Travassos, 1944) (Trematoda). To our knowledge, all endoparasites collected in this study are new records in T. falcklandii and expand their distributional range to Chile.
Highlights
The family Turdidae is composed of more than 300 species distributed on most continents
Five thrush species have been recorded in Chile: The veery Catharus fuscescens Stephens, 1817; the wood thrush Hylocichla mustelina Gmelin, 1789; the Chiguanco thrush Turdus chiguanco Lafresnaye & d’Orbigny, 1837; the creamy-bellied thrush T. amaurochalinus Cabanis, 1851; and the Austral thrush T. falcklandii Quoy & Gaimard, 1824, with only T. chiguanco and T. falcklandii being residents (MARTÍNEZ & GONZÁLEZ, 2004)
The main purpose of this study is to identify ecto- and endoparasites of the Austral thrush T. falcklandii in Chile
Summary
The family Turdidae is composed of more than 300 species distributed on most continents. Turdus falcklandii is an abundant bird of urban and rural areas of Chile, including city gardens and orchards (CHESTER, 2008) and Nothofagus forests of the central and south areas of the country (JARAMILLO, 2005; CHESTER, 2008). It is an omnivorous species, spending most of its time feeding from fruits on trees or preying on invertebrates on the ground (ROZZI et al, 1996). The main purpose of this study is to identify ecto- and endoparasites of the Austral thrush T. falcklandii in Chile
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