Abstract
Eight species of louse flies were recorded on 22 bird species as the result of research carried out in 2008–2018 in Voronezh Province of Russia. Five species are reported from the region for the first time: Ornithomya fringillina (Curtis, 1836), O. chloropus (Bergroth, 1901), Ornithoica turdi (Olivier in Latreille, 1811), Ornithophila metallica (Schiner, 1864), and Icosta ardeae (Macquart, 1835). Five species reproduce and complete their life cycles in the region: Crataerina hirundinis (Linnaeus, 1758), C. pallida (Olivier in Latreille, 1812), Ornithomya avicularia (Linnaeus, 1758), O. fringillina, and O. chloropus; the remaining 3 species are introduced into the region by migratory birds: Icosta ardeae, Ornithoica turdi, and Ornithophila metallica. The predominant species are Ornithomya avicularia (42.29%), O. fringillina (29.57%), and C. hirundinis (12.56%). Crataerina hirundinis and C. pallida are monoxenous, I. ardeae is oligoxenous, and the remaining species are polyxenous parasites of birds. All louse fly species were found on adult birds and nestlings in April–May, while C. hirundinis was also common on the second-brood nestlings in August–September.
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