| Summary: | Myiasis is a type of parasitosis by larvae of Diptera that may affect vertebrates, including wild and domestic birds. Traumatic myiasis was discovered in a domestic goose, <i>Anser anser domesticus</i> L. (Anseriformes: Anatidae), in June 2020 in a rural area of the region Calabria (Southern Italy). The myiasis was caused by <i>Lucilia sericata</i> (Meigen) (Diptera: Calliphoridae). In Italy, this was the first case of myiasis by <i>L. sericata</i> ever described in a bird. It was also the first case of myiasis detected in a goose in Italy. The description of the case is integrated by a discussion on nonhematophagous dipteran larvae causing myiasis in birds and by an updated and detailed review of literature cases of myiasis by <i>L. sericata</i> in birds reported worldwide, useful for monitoring and management of dipteran species of medical and veterinary interest.
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