This is a survey of the parasitic helminths of 71 individuals of 14 species of waterfowl belonging to the families Ardeidae, Rallidae, Scolopacidae and

The Izumi Plain has long been a globally important wintering site for Hooded Crane Grus monacha and White-naped Crane G. vipio. Crane mortality was examined and postmortem findings described. Among Grus monacha, juvenile mortality (from October 2003 to April 2014) was higher than for adults. Postmortems performed on 93 carcasses collected from October 2009 to April 2014 allowed classification of causes of death as natural, accidental, or unidentified. Crane deaths were also categorized by species, age, and year. Sixty percent of G. monacha died of natural causes (such as disease); however, 63.6% of G. vipio died as a result of accidental factors such as collisions

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Abstract. A helminthological survey was undertaken on 39 individuals of the Okinawa Rail Gallirallus okinawae that had either died following rescue or were collected as carcasses between 2004 and 2006 from Yanbaru region, Okinawa, Japan. A total of seven helminth species, including three nematode (Heterakis isolonche, Strongyloides sp. and Skrjabinoclava sp.), two trematode (Glaphyrostomum sp. and Tanaisia sp.), an unidentified cestode and an acanthocephalan species (Plagiorhynchus sp.) were obtained and identified morphologically. Except for H. isolonche and Glaphyrostomum sp., the other five helminth species were the first records for G. okinawae. A significantly higher occurrence of Tanaisia sp. was detected for male rails compared to female rails. Since H. isolonche is known to cause nodular typhlitis and/or granuloma formation in bird guts, monitoring of helminths is recommended in this endangered rail species.