Pupipara (Diptera, Hippoboscidae) in wild birds attended at a rehabilitation center in southern Brazil

Abstract

The hippoboscids are cosmopolitan permanent obligate hematophagous ectoparasites of birds, domestic and wild mammals and, occasionally, humans. Some species may act as vectors or hosts of etiological pathogenic agents. The aims of this study were to report on the first cases of Hippoboscidae in Crax blumenbachii and Parabuteo unicinctus; to provide new reports from Brazil on Tyto furcata and Asio stygius parasitized by Icosta americana; to report on individuals of Bubo virginianus, Falco sparverius and Accipiter striatus parasitized by genera Ornithoctona; and to provide new reports on parasitism of O. erythrocephala in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. The birds of prey and C. blumenbachii were attended at a rehabilitation center in Porto Alegre and at a veterinary hospital in Cruz Alta. These new records demonstrate the huge gap that exists regarding studies on avian ectoparasites and highlight potential vectors of hemoparasites for the bird species studied.

Occurrence of the louse fly Ornithoctona erythrocephala Leach (1817) (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) on a free-living red-legged seriema (Cariama cristata)

“…Few reports on O. erythrocephala from Brazil described the number of individuals collected per bird. These reports frequently describe the presence of only one or two specimens parasitizing each bird (Tossas, 2001;Graciolli & Bispo, 2005;Moreira et al, 2019), similar to what was described in the present report, where only one specimen was recovered. The rapid flight of the Hippoboscid species may be the reason why so few individuals are recovered from infested birds (Johnson, 1925).…”

Hippoboscid flies in wild birds rescued at the Sorocaba Zoo, São Paulo, Brazil

“…Hippoboscids flies are parasites usually associated with birds of prey (Accipitriformes, Cathartiformes, Falconiformes and Strigiformes) and pigeons (Columbiformes). Although less frequent, in Brazil hippoboscids were also collected on Passeriformes, Piciformes and Galliformes (Moreira et al, 2019, Vélez et al, 2020Gomes et al, 2021), corroborating other studies (Murgas et al, 2014;Barino et al 2021;Graciolli, Bispo, 2005;Graciolli and Oak, 2003;Liébana et al, 2011).…”

“…(Barino et al, 2021). Vaz and Teixeira (2016) and Moreira et al (2019) reported parasitism by Ornithoctona erytrocephala and Icosta americana in avian, occurring in the Brazilian South and Southeast regions, respectively.…”

NEW RECORDS OF ECTOPARASITES FROM Patagioenas picazuro (Temminck 1813) IN MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL

“…In Brazil, studies (Lutz et al, 1915;Bequaert, 1954;Maa, 1969;Graciolli and Carvalho, 2003;Graciolli and Bispo, 2005;Serra-Freire and Quadros, 2013;Lambrecht et al, 2015;Vaz and Teixeira, 2016;Graciolli et al, 2017;Moreira et al, 2019).…”