Bazı Ötücü Kuşlarda (Aves: Passeriformes) Bulunan Bit (Phthiraptera; Ischnocera, Amblycera) Türleri

Abstract

Özet SummaryThis study was performed to detect of the louse species found on some song birds (Passeriformes) between the dates of 2005-2009. Two hundreds and four song bird specimens in 29 species belong to 12 families captured in seven different localities in Turkey and Lesbos island (Greece) were examined for louse specimens. Five of them (2.45%) were found to be infested with louse and detected four species; Brueelia jacobi (Eichler, 1951); Philopterus sittae Fedorenko, 1978; Philopterus vernus (Zlotorzycka, 1964) and Philopterus spp.. Philopterus vernus from Lesbos island an the all of other species are reported for the first time in Turkey with this paper.

Chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) species found onbirds in Turkey, with new records and a new host association

“…More recently, studies focusing on bird species other than pigeons and chickens have been performed, but these studies have included only a few bird species (Aksın, 2003(Aksın, , 2010a(Aksın, , 2010bDik, 2006;Dik andUslu, 2006a, 2008;Dik and Aydenizöz Özkayhan, 2007;Aksin and Oncel, 2011). In recent studies, the number of studied bird species has increased, and, in parallel, the determined louse species have increased also Dik et al, , 2011aDik et al, , 2011bDik et al, , 2013aDik et al, , 2013bDik et al, , 2013cİnci et al, 2010b;Açıcı et al, 2011;Girişgin et al, 2013). Some of these studies were performed on dead birds found serendipitously or injured birds brought to veterinary clinics, especially birds belonging to the orders Accipitriformes, Anseriformes, Charadriiformes, and Passeriformes.…”

“…In recent years, there has been an increase in studies of the louse fauna on birds in Turkey. Consequently, the number of detected louse species is increasing Dik et al, , 2011aDik et al, , 2011bDik et al, , 2013aDik et al, , 2013bDik et al, , 2013cİnci et al, 2010b;Açıcı et al, 2011;Girişgin et al, 2013). However, only one-quarter of the bird species recorded in Turkey have been examined for lice.…”

“…It has been stated that large-bodied bird species may harbor more lice than small passerines (Rózsa, 1997;Johnson and Clayton, 2003). Dik et al (2013a) examined 204 passerines belonging to 29 species in 12 families captured in 7 different localities in Turkey and Lesbos Island (Greece); 5 of them (2.45%) were infested with chewing lice, and 4 chewing louse species were identified. According to a study in Ukraine, the infestation rate in Passeriformes was 58.2%.…”

“…No chewing lice were found in samples from the bird families Sylviidae and Muscicapidae in that study. In a study by Dik et al (2013a) on chewing lice on passerines, 204 birds belonging to 12 families were evaluated; only 5 birds were infested and only the Sittidae and Turdidae families had infested species. In the present study, 211 birds belonging to 11 families were evaluated; apart from the species in Locustellidae, Laniidae, and Corvidae, the other families had at least 1 species with 1 chewing lice infestation where the infestation rate ranged between 2.2% to 100% (Figure 2).…”

Chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) of some aquatic birds in Konya province, Turkey, new records for Turkish fauna

“…There is some information about chewing lice on aquatic birds in Turkey. Several studies have been performed concerning about this topic; they are usually case reports or new records for the country, some of them in relatively large scales were performed on chewing lice species on some aquatic birds in different regions of Turkey, and several lice species were reported (15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22). There are no studies on chewing lice species found on birds in the orders Gaviiformes and Procellariiformes, but there is one study on the birds in orders of Podicipediformes and Suliformes (33).…”