Affiliation:
1. Zoological Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences
2. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences
3. United Administration, L.G. Kaplanov Lazovsky State Nature Reserve and “Zov tigra”,
National Park
Abstract
In 2017–2020, 3833 birds representing 103 species were captured at two localities in the Lazovsky State Nature Reserve, Primorye Territory, Russian Far East. All birds were ringed and released on site. The research team recorded the presence of louse flies in 646 birds representing 62 species (51 nestlings, 11 migrants), while 41 species from two orders, Charadriiformes and Apodiformes, were found to be uninfested. A total of1184 specimens of louse flies from two subfamilies, Ornithomyinae (3 genera, 6 species) and Lipopteninae (1 genus, 2 species), were revealed. Forty-seven species of birds were recorded to be infested by Ornithoica momiyamai Kishida 1932, most of these serving as hosts new to this louse fly. Forty-two bird species were infested by Ornithomya avicularia (L. 1758) s. l., 11 bird species were found hosts to O. fringillina (Curtis 1856). Ornithoica unicolor Speiser 1900 was revealed on 11 bird species, being the most abundant on the Ural owl (Strix uralensis). Ornithomya comosa (Austen 1930) and Crataerina hirundinis (Curtis 1856) were found on Hirundinidae birds and Parus palustris. Lipoptena cervi (Linnaeus 1758) and L. fortisetosa Maa 1965 were recorded as uncommon bird parasites, as both species were only found on six bird species.
Publisher
The Russian Academy of Sciences
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