Feather mites of Calidris fuscicollis (Aves: Scolopacidae) in Brazil

Abstract During the period 2010-2012, eighty individuals of Calidris fuscicollis (Vieillot, 1819) were collected on the southern coast of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, with the objective of determining the presence of feather mites. Of the 80 birds examined, 32.5% were infested by mites, identified as...

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Main Authors: S. N. Gomes, T. C. Pesenti, M. P. Cirne, G. Müller
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Internacional de Ecologia
Series:Brazilian Journal of Biology
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