“…Brueelia is a diverse genus composed of approximately 276 species (CICCHINO & CASTRO, 1998;PRICE et al, 2003). In South America, 37 representatives of the genus have been documented to parasitize birds of the families Icteridae, Emberizidae, Mimidae, Thraupidae, Turdidae, and Picidae (CARRIKER, 1963;CICCHINO, 1979CICCHINO, , 1982CICCHINO, , 1983CICCHINO, , 1986CICCHINO, , 1990CICCHINO, , 2004GONZÁLEZ-ACUÑA et al, 2006;VALIM & PALMA, 2006;CICCHINO & GONZÁLEZ-ACUÑA, 2008CUNHA et al, 2013;GOMEZ-PUERTA & CRIBILLERO, 2015;VALIM & CICCHINO, 2015). In this study, the presence of B. magellanica was found in T. falcklandii (Figure 1).…”