-
Capillaria columbae and
Ascaridia columbae.
Their ectoparasites include the
ischnoceran lice
Columbicola columbae,
Campanulotes bidentatus compar, the amblyceran...
- have been
recovered from four of the five species. Bird lice of the
ischnoceran genus Pectinopygus and
amblyceran genus Colpocephalum and
species Fregatiella...
- host and are only able to
transfer to a new host opportunistically.
Ischnoceran lice may
reduce the
thermoregulation effect of the plumage; thus heavily...
- Ischnocera, or Amblycera,
which also
consume blood. The most
common are the
ischnocerans Halipeurus diversus and
Trabeculus aviator. The
nests of
breeding birds...
- unaware. It
builds a
stick nest in a tree and lays two or
three eggs. The
ischnoceran louse Degeeriella storeri is a
parasite of this bird; it is not yet known...
- Arjumand; Saxena, A.K. (2012). "Chaetotaxy of
three nymphal instars of an
ischnoceran louse,
Aegypoecus per****uus (Phthiraptera: Insecta)".
Journal of Applied...
-
causing nest
abandonment when
numbers are high.
External parasites include ischnoceran feather lice,
although these are not
found on the bird's head. Botulism...
-
seasonal changes in daylength. Two
ectoparasitic species of bird lice (an
ischnoceran,
Brueelia amandavae, and an amblyceran,
Myrsidea amandava) have been...
-
basically fruit-eating, but will take
insects and
other small prey. The
ischnoceran louse Austrophilopterus flavirostris is
suspected to
parasitize most...
- near-total
destruction of habitat. In an
apparent case of coextinction, the
ischnoceran louse Acutifrons caracarensis is only
known from the
Guadalupe caracara...
