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Feather mites of the genus Trouessartia Canestrini (Acariformes: Trouessartiidae) from swallows (Passeriformes: Hirundinidae) in Canada.

Zootaxa, 2019
Seven species of the feather mite genus Trouessartia Canestrini, 1899 (Astigmata: Trouessartiidae) have been recorded on swallows and martins (Passeriformes: Hirundinidae) in Manitoba (Canada).
S. Mironov, T. Galloway
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An Early Miocene Passeriform from Argentina

The Auk, 1993
hornbills (family Bucerotidae) in Thailand. Pages 2781-2791 in Acta XIX Congressus Internationalis Ornithologici (H. Ouellet, Ed.). Ottawa, Ontario, 1986. National Museum of Natural Science, Ottawa. POULSEN, H. 1970. Nesting behaviour of the Blackcasqued Hornbill Ceratogymna atrata (Temm.) and the Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis. L. Ornis Scand.
Noriega, Jorge I., Chiappe, Luis M.
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Biological traits, phylogeny and human footprint signatures on the geographical range size of passerines (Order Passeriformes ) worldwide

Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2019
AIM: Many hypotheses exist to explain the astonishing variation in geographical range size across species, but these have rarely been tested under a unifying framework that simultaneously considers direct and indirect effects of ecological niche ...
M. Á. Olalla‐Tárraga, T. Amado, L. M. Bini, P. Martinez, I. Morales‐Castilla, E. J. Torres‐Romero, F. Villalobos   +6 more
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Genetic Antecedents of Altruistic Behavior in Passeriformes

The Journal of General Psychology, 1975
On the basis of a theory for the establishment and increase of altruistic genes in animal populations a relationship was hypothesized to exist in an avian order between clutch averages (which were considered an index of "genetic investment") and prosocial behavior.
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Mites of the family Syringophilidae (Acariformes: Cheyletoidea) parasitizing waxbills of the genus Estrilda (Passeriformes: Estrildidae)

Systematic and Applied Acarology, 2019
Quill mites (Acariformes: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) parasitizing waxbills of genus Estrilda Swainson (Aves: Passeriformes: Estrildidae) from the Sub-Saharan region are studied for the first time.
M. Skoracki, M. Hromada, Petra Prevuznakova, W. Wamiti   +3 more
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Karyotype Evolution and Distinct Evolutionary History of the W Chromosomes in Swallows (Aves, Passeriformes)

Cytogenetic and Genome Research, 2019
As in many other bird groups, data on karyotype organization and distribution of repetitive sequences are also lacking in species belonging to the family Hirundinidae.
S. A. Barcellos, Rafael Kretschmer, M. S. de Souza, A. Costa, T. M. Degrandi, M. S. D. Dos Santos, E. D. de Oliveira, M. Cioffi, R. J. Gunski, A. Garnero   +9 more
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On the correct name of Icterus bullockii (Passeriformes: Icteridae)

Zootaxa, 2013
William Bullock was an Englishman who owned the Egyptian Hall (also known as the London Museum or Bullock’s Museum) at Piccadilly in London, a museum opened in 1812 to display his collection of antiquities, artifacts, and natural history specimens.  Following the sale of Bullock’s collection in 1819, the Egyptian Hall served as an exhibition space ...
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Hematozoa of passeriform birds from insular Newfoundland

Canadian Journal of Zoology, 1974
A total of 2675 passeriform birds of 56 species were examined for blood parasites in insular Newfoundland during the period 1969–1972; 1872 (70%) harbored one or more species/genera of hematozoa. The genus Leucocytozoon, represented by L. dubreuili, L. fringillinarum, L. majoris, and L.
Gordon F. Bennett, Cameron M, Campbell Ag   +2 more
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Two new feather mite species of the family Analgidae (Acariformes: Analgoidea) from the Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis (Müller, 1776 (Passeriformes: Passerellidae).

Zootaxa, 2018
Two new feather mite species of the family Analgidae are described from the Rufous-collared Sparrow, Zonotrichia capensis (Müller, 1776) (Passeriformes: Passerellidae), from Brazil: Analges ticotico sp. nov.
L. G. Pedroso, F. A. Hernandes
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Hematozoa of the passeriforms of the Tantramar Marshes, New Brunswick

Canadian Journal of Zoology, 1975
The prevalence of hematozoa in 3096 passeriforms of 70 species collected from 1972 to 1974 from the Tantramar Marshes in New Brunswick and 518 birds of 28 species from Charlotte County, New Brunswick, collected in 1973 was analyzed with respect to the effect of (i) climate, (ii) aerial application of insecticide, and (iii) large-scale environmental ...
Ellen M. White, Marilyn Cameron, Gordon F. Bennett   +2 more
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