Chewing lice (Phthiraptera, Amblycera, Ischnocera) on captive birds in southeastern Brazil

Twelve chewing lice species were identified in Parque Zoológico Municipal Quinzinho de Barros, Sorocaba and Fundação Jardim Zoológico, Rio de Janeiro. The parasites found were: Ciconiphilus pectiniventris in Cygnus atratus (Anseriformes, Anatidae); Kurodaia sp. in Buteo albicaudatus (Falconiformes, Accipitridae); Degeeriella sp. in Falco sparverius (Falconiformes, Falconidae); Colpocephalum sp. and Goniocotes parviceps in Pavo cristatus (Galliformes, Phasianidae); Goniodes pavonis in Rhea americana (Rheiformes, Rheidae); Colpocephalum cristatae and Heptapsogaster sp. in Cariama cristata (Gruiformes, Cariamidae); Austrophilopterus cancellosus in Ramphastos dicolorus (Piciformes, Ramphastidae); Strigiphilus crucigerus in Otus choliba (Strigiformes, Strigidae); Kurodaia sp. in Rhinoptynx clamator (Strigiformes, Strigidae) and Colpocephalum pectinatum in Speotyto cunicularia (Strigiformes, Strigidae). The host-lice relationships are new in Strigiformes in Brazil.

Chewing lice; Colpocephalum cristatae; host-lice relationship