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The helminth fauna of the Eurasian goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) in northwest Russia

Raptor Journal
The challenges in researching the parasite fauna of rare and red-listed species, such as the Eurasian goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), render the study of accidental findings of these birds highly valuable and important.
Yakovleva Galina, Ieshko Evgeny
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Captive individuals of endangered Philippine raptors maintain native feather mites (Acariformes: Pterolichoidea) species

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2018
Endangered species of hosts are coupled with endangered species of parasites, which share the risk of co-extinction. Conservation efforts sometimes include breeding of rare species in captivity.
Sergey V. Mironov, Boris D. Efeykin, Jayson C. Ibanez, Anna Mae Sumaya, Oleg O. Tolstenkov   +4 more
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Accipitridae Vigors 1824

, 2018
Published as part of Sánchez-Montes, Sokani, Colunga-Salas, Pablo, Álvarez-Castillo, Lucía, Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen & Montiel-Parra, Griselda, 2018, Chewing lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) associated with vertebrates in Mexico, pp.
Sánchez-Montes, Sokani, Colunga-Salas, Pablo, Álvarez-Castillo, Lucía, Guzmán-Cornejo, Carmen, Montiel-Parra, Griselda   +4 more
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Biomonitoring of heavy metals in the feathers raptors from eastern Anatolia of Türkiye

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
This study aimed to determine the levels of heavy metal(loid) in the primary, secondary and breast feathers of carcasses of raptor species detected on highways within the borders of Van and Hakkari Provinces. The study was planned to take place between 1
Özgür Özdemir, Erkan Azizoğlu
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Listado avifaunístico de un matorral espinoso tamaulipeco del noreste de México

Huitzil, 2015
Se presenta la lista de especies de aves registradas en un área de matorral espinoso tamaulipeco del centro-norte de Tamaulipas, México. Se registraron 171 especies pertenecientes a 42 familias, en observaciones realizadas de 1999 a 2005.
Jorge E. Ramírez-Albores, Francisco Martínez V., J. Clemente Vásquez S.   +2 more
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Threat status of birds of Yamuna Nagar District, Haryana, India

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2015
Birds were surveyed in the Yamuna Nagar District, Haryana, India and the threat categories of the species observed were determined with the IUCN Red List.  A total of 185 species belonging to 46 families were observed.  Families Accipitridae, Passeridae,
Rajiv S. Kalsi, Sujata Sharma, Meenu Kalsi   +2 more
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Polyphyly of the hawk genera Leucopternis and Buteogallus (Aves, Accipitridae): multiple habitat shifts during the Neotropical buteonine diversification

BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2006
Background The family Accipitridae (hawks, eagles and Old World vultures) represents a large radiation of predatory birds with an almost global distribution, although most species of this family occur in the Neotropics.
Bermingham Eldredge, Silveira Luís, Miller Matthew J, do Amaral Fabio, Wajntal Anita   +4 more
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Predatory functional morphology in raptors: interdigital variation in talon size is related to prey restraint and immobilisation technique.

PLoS ONE, 2009
Despite the ubiquity of raptors in terrestrial ecosystems, many aspects of their predatory behaviour remain poorly understood. Surprisingly little is known about the morphology of raptor talons and how they are employed during feeding behaviour.
Denver W Fowler, Elizabeth A Freedman, John B Scannella   +2 more
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Avian fauna of Amboli Ghat, Sindhudurg District, Maharashtra State, India

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2018
The present report puts forth a systematic checklist of bird species observed at Amboli Ghat in Maharashtra from 2009 to 2012, along with information on their status.
Varun Satose, Vikrant Choursiya, Rakesh Deulkar, Sasikumar Menon   +3 more
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Human–wildlife coexistence on the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau: The correlation between Tibetan Buddhist monasteries and avian community composition

People and Nature
Tibetan Buddhist monasteries are widely distributed throughout the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau and are significant locations for human–wildlife coexistence.
Gesang Wangjie, Yingqiang Lou, Kai Song, Xinhai Li, Yun Fang, Jianhua Hou, Yuehua Sun   +6 more
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