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A new buzzard from the late Pliocene of Argentina [PDF]

open access: yesActa Palaeontologica Polonica, 2021
We describe a new species of a large buzzard (Accipitridae), Buteo dondasi sp. nov. from the late Pliocene of Buenos Aires Province, Argentina represented by an incomplete left hind limb, including a distal fragment of tibiotarsus, tarsometatarsus ...
FEDERICO J. DEGRANGE   +3 more
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Citizen science reveals host-switching in louse flies and keds (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) during a period of anthropogenic change. [PDF]

open access: yesMed Vet Entomol
A study of louse flies in the United Kingdom, Isle of Man, and Ireland found 212 different interactions between Hippoboscidae and their hosts, of which 70 were previously unrecorded. No louse flies were found on aquatic species of birds. Host‐switching to gulls (Laridae) has occurred during a period in which these species have started relying on ...
Wawman DC, Smith AL, Sheldon BC.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Roadside hawk (Rupornis magnirostris) hit by an oncoming vehicle while capturing a striped snake (Lygophis anomalus)

open access: yesRaptor Journal, 2022
One of the most apparent origins of biodiversity loss caused by humans is infrastructural development of roads. Yet they offer certain benefits for some animals, such as hunting opportunities with lower energy costs and consumption of carrion earlier hit
Lyons Sebastián, Di Pietro Diego O.
doaj   +1 more source

The complete mitochondrial genome of Eurasian Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae)

open access: yesMitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021
The mitogenome of the Accipiter nisus is a circular module of 18,352 bp, which consists of 39 genes, containing 2 rRNA genes (12S rRNA and 16S rRNA), 13 protein-coding genes, 22 tRNA genes, and two non-coding regions (control region and pseudo control ...
Ki-Yoon Kim   +3 more
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Diversity of birds of prey belonging to the Accipitridae family in the eastern part of the Kugitang Range [PDF]

open access: yesE3S Web of Conferences, 2023
This article provides information on the study history, conservation measures, status, and meeting places of the birds of prey belonging to the Accipitridae family found in the eastern part of the Kugitang mountain.
Mamarajabov Saydmurot N.   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

HELMINTHOFAUNA OF PREDATORY BIRDS (FALCONIFORMES: FALCONIDAE, ACCIPITRIDAE) IN THE TERRITORY OF THE NON-BLACK-EARTH ZONE OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION

open access: yesВетеринарная патология, 2020
The distribution of prey birds helminths was studied in the territory of the Central region of Russia. According to the results of the study, the total extensiveness of invasion in two families of birds of prey was 96.8 % (93 out of 96 birds were ...
V. V. Dorokhov, O. E. Davydova
doaj   +1 more source

Complete mitochondrial genome of a hen harrier Circus cyaneus (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae) from South Korea

open access: yesMitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021
A hen harrier Circus cyaneus (Accipitriformes: Accipitridae), a migrant raptor having a wide breeding range from Europe to Northeast Asia, migrates to more southerly areas (Southern Europe, China, Korea and Japan) in winter.
Eun Hwa Choi   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

BIRDS OF CONSERVATION CONCERN AT AL-NAJAF DESERT, SOUTHERN DESERT OF IRAQ

open access: yesBulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum, 2022
One eighth of the bird species in the world is considered globally threatened;the avifauna of Iraq comprises 409 species and is considered as the major indicator of the health of Iraq’s biological resources.
Hayder M. Al-Rammahi   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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