Helminth parasites in six species of shorebirds (Charadrii) from the Coast of Belize

Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Albert G Canaris²  John M Kinsella¹ 

[1] ,University of Texas at El PasoHamilton Montana ,USA

关键词: helminths;    parasites;    Aves;    Charadriidae;    shorebirds;    ecology;    Belize;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0074-02762001000600015

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Thirteen species of helminth parasites were recovered from six species of charadriid shorebirds (Aves: Charadriiformes) from Belize: the ruddy turnstone, Arenaria interpres, the snowy plover, Charadrius alexandrinus, the semipalmated plover, C. semipalmatus, the killdeer, C. vociferus, the white-rumped sandpiper, Calidris fuscicollis, and the black-bellied plover, Pluvialis squatarola. Cestode species were predominant (N = 8), followed by trematode species (N = 3) and acanthocephala (N = 2). The trematode, Paramaritremopsis solielangi infected four of the six species of hosts. The cestodes, Nadejdolepis litoralis and N. paranitidulans infected three and two host species respectively. Helminth parasite species were contagious (clumped) and not evenly distributed among hosts. Twelve of the 13 species were generalists. The one specialist Microphallus kinsellae was recovered from one C. fuscicollis. Three of the four types of feeding guilds were present and in approximately the same number. All but M. kinsellae have been reported from other species of hosts, mostly from Eurasia and North America.

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