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Helminths of Milvago chimango temucoensis (Aves: Falconiformes) from Los Ríos Region, Chile: New Records for Neotropical Raptors Cover

Helminths of Milvago chimango temucoensis (Aves: Falconiformes) from Los Ríos Region, Chile: New Records for Neotropical Raptors

Open Access
|Nov 2016

Abstract

The goal of the present survey was to improve the scarce knowledge regard the endoparasites of raptors in Chile and South America. Thus, necropsy was performed on 14 chimango caracara Milvago chimango temucoensis from Los Ríos Region, Chile. From all examined birds, 78.6% were positive to helminths. The species identified were Capillaria tenuissima, Pterothominx sp., Baruscapillaria falconis, Cosmocephalus obvelatus, Skrjabinoclava sp., Synhimantus (Dispharynx) nasuta, Synhimantus (D.) sp., Synhimantus (Synhimantus) sp., Paracuaria adunca, Procyrnea spinosa, Porrocaecum depressum, Contracaecum rudolphii sensu lato, Stephanoprora sp. and Polymorphus mutabilis. All species listed, with the exception of C. tenuissima, P. spinosa and P. depressum, are new records for the chimango caracara. Furthermore C. obvelatus, Skrjabinoclava sp., S. (D.) nasuta, S. (D.) sp., P. adunca, C. rudolphii s. l., Stephanoprora sp. and P. mutabilis all are new records for Neotropical raptors.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/helmin-2016-0037 | Journal eISSN: 1336-9083 | Journal ISSN: 0440-6605
Language: English
Page range: 336 - 353
Submitted on: Apr 27, 2016
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Accepted on: Sep 28, 2016
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Published on: Nov 21, 2016
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: Volume open

© 2016 P. Oyarzún-Ruiz, P. Muñoz-Alvarado, E. Raffo, published by Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Parasitology
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