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Primer registro de Neodosplostomum travassoso (Digenea: Diplostomidae) en Argentina
Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 2005 SE REDESCRIBE E ILUSTRA A NEODIPLOSTOMUM TRAVASSOSI DUBOIS, 1937 (DIPLOSTOMIDAE: DIPLOSTOMINAE) CON BASE EN EJEMPLARES RECOLECTADOS DEL INTESTINO DE POLYBORUS PLANCUS (MILLER) (FALCONIDAE) Y PHALACROCORAX BRASILIANUS (GMELIN) (PHALACROCORACIDAE ...
LIA LUNASCHI, FABIANA B. DRAGO
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Natural History Sciences, 2023 We present an aberrant coloured individual of Southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus) from Brazil. The individual has predominantly white plumage with a few dark grey feathers on the body; the legs and face are yellow and the eyes are melanic.
Raone Beltrão-Mendes +3 more
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Birds surveyed in the harvested and unharvested areas of a reduced-impact logged forestry concession, located in the lowland subtropical humid forests of the Department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia. [PDF]
, 2007 As part of a larger study of reduced-impactlogging effects on bird community composition,we surveyed birds from December to Februaryduring the 2003-2004 wet-season within harvestedand unharvested blocks of the La Chonta forestryconcession, Department of ...
Felton, A. +3 more
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Medical and Veterinary Entomology, EarlyView.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 ...
Denise C. Wawman +2 more
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Predators and scavengers: Polar bears as marine carrion providers
Oikos, Volume 2026, Issue 1, January 2026.Scavenging is a foraging strategy widely used across the animal kingdom and apex predators provide a large amount of energy in a food web by provisioning carrion. In the harsh environmental conditions of the Arctic, apex predators such as polar bears Ursus maritimus can provide scavenging opportunities for many species. Carrion can act as a buffer when
Holly E. L. Gamblin +5 more
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Predation on Philodryas patagoniensis (Squamata, Colubridae) by an Aplomado falcon (Falconidae: Falco femoralis) in central Argentina [PDF]
, 2015 The Patagonia Green Racer (Philodryas patagoniensis, Squamata, Colubridae) is a widespread snake that occurs in Argentina, Brazil, eastern Bolivia and Uruguay (Cei, 1993).
Liébana, María Soledad +3 more
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Integrative Conservation, Volume 4, Issue 4, Page 600-615, December 2025.Only 1541 (34.2%) of 4503 recognized non‐passerine bird species are held in ZIMS institutions worldwide. Approximately ~83% of the species kept globally are classified as non‐threatened and ~16% as threatened. To improve the conservation of threatened birds, a shift toward keeping threatened species should be considered within ex situ management ...
Anna Wahle +6 more
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First observation of the Amur falcon (Falco amurensis) in Algeria
Raptor JournalWe report the first record of the Amur falcon (Falco amurensis) in Algeria and throughout North Africa, based on a single individual observed and photographed on 15 July 2025 and again on 3 August 2025 in the Illizi region, southeastern Algeria. The bird
Bederrar Fouad +3 more
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Biomonitoring of heavy metals in the feathers raptors from eastern Anatolia of Türkiye
Frontiers in Ecology and EvolutionThis 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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A phylogeny of birds based on over 1,500 loci collected by target enrichment and high-throughput sequencing [PDF]
, 2012 Evolutionary relationships among birds in Neoaves, the clade comprising the vast majority of avian diversity, have vexed systematists due to the ancient, rapid radiation of numerous lineages.
Brumfield, Robb T. +5 more
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