Multidirectional Chromosomal Painting in the Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja): Conservation of Breakpoints in Accipitriformes [PDF]
AnimalsDiurnal birds of prey (Falconiformes and Accipitriformes) often display karyotypes that diverge markedly from the putative ancestral avian condition (2n = 80), with reduced diploid numbers and fewer microchromosome pairs driven by extensive chromosomal ...
Fábio Augusto Oliveira Silva +5 more
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Epidemiology and genetic diversity of Toxoplasma gondii in rescued raptors from wildlife rehabilitation centres in Brazil [PDF]
BMC Veterinary ResearchBackground Raptors, including the orders Accipitriformes (hawks and kites), Falconiformes (falcons and caracaras), Cathartiformes (New World vultures), and Strigiformes (owls), are found in small forest fragments, parks, vacant lots, outskirts, and open ...
Hilda Fátima Jesus Pena +9 more
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Association between bat-predator species richness and Nipah virus spillover risk in Bangladesh [PDF]
One HealthSpecies biodiversity is considered to reduce infectious diseases spillover from wildlife to human. However, despite the potential role of predator biodiversity in this process through trophic cascade, few studies have addressed this issue. In this study,
Jun-Sik Lim, Kyung-Duk Min
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The complete mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic analyses of Cathartes melambrotus (Wetmore 1964) (Aves: Cathartidae) [PDF]
Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. ResourcesCathartes melambrotus is the largest member of the genus Cathartes, and soars over the forested areas of Amazonia in search of carrion. The complete mitochondrial genome of C. melambrotus was reported in this study.
Robert Driver, Renee Li
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Detection of Sarcocystis halieti in muscles of raptors from Lithuania [PDF]
Frontiers in Veterinary ScienceBackgroundThe genus Sarcocystis comprises a diverse group of apicomplexan parasites that infect reptiles, birds, and mammals. They are characterized by the formation of sarcocysts in the muscles of the intermediate host and the development of sporocysts ...
Petras Prakas +3 more
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The genome sequence of the Common Buzzard, Buteo buteo (Linnaeus, 1758) [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] [PDF]
Wellcome Open ResearchWe present a genome assembly from a male specimen of Buteo buteo (Common Buzzard; Chordata; Aves; Accipitriformes; Accipitridae). The assembly contains two haplotypes with total lengths of 1,303.68 megabases and 1,330.55 megabases.
Elizabeth Blows
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International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and WildlifeWild birds of prey (Accipitriformes) are infected with haemosporidian (Haemosporida) parasites worldwide, and it is known that these parasites can negatively affect their health.
Dovilė Bukauskaitė +4 more
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A new buzzard from the late Pliocene of Argentina [PDF]
Acta 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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BIRDS OF CONSERVATION CONCERN AT AL-NAJAF DESERT, SOUTHERN DESERT OF IRAQ
Bulletin 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
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Пернатые хищники и их охрана, 2020 The main disadvantage of the generally accepted trinary system of around-species nomenclature is the lack of a species concept. This leads to the fact that any lower taxon can be declared a species or subspecies, and any combination of these taxa of ...
Pavel V. Pfander
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