- host and are only able to
transfer to a new host opportunistically.
Ischnoceran lice may
reduce the
thermoregulation effect of the plumage; thus heavily...
- have been
recovered from four of the five species. Bird lice of the
ischnoceran genus Pectinopygus and
amblyceran genus Colpocephalum and
species Fregatiella...
- unaware. It
builds a
stick nest in a tree and lays two or
three eggs. The
ischnoceran louse Degeeriella storeri is a
parasite of this bird; it is not yet known...
- near-total
destruction of habitat. In an
apparent case of coextinction, the
ischnoceran louse Acutifrons caracarensis is only
known from the
Guadalupe caracara...
- red-throated wryneck. The red-throated
wryneck is a host of at
least two
Ischnoceran lice,
Penenirmus serrilimbus and
Brueelia straminea, and the Leucocytozoon...
-
causing nest
abandonment when
numbers are high.
External parasites include ischnoceran feather lice,
although these are not
found on the bird's head. Botulism...
-
basically fruit-eating, but will take
insects and
other small prey. The
ischnoceran louse Austrophilopterus flavirostris is
suspected to
parasitize most...
-
Capillaria columbae and
Ascaridia columbae.
Their ectoparasites include the
ischnoceran lice
Columbicola columbae,
Campanulotes bidentatus compar, the amblyceran...
-
seasonal changes in daylength. Two
ectoparasitic species of bird lice (an
ischnoceran,
Brueelia amandavae, and an amblyceran,
Myrsidea amandava) have been...
- 2013. Fowler, J.A.; Price, R.A. (1987). "A
comparative study of the
ischnoceran Mallophaga of Wilson's
Petrel Oceanites oceanicus and
British Storm Petrel...
