Leucocytozoon toddi and Haemoproteus tinnunculi (Protozoa: Haemosporina) in the Chimango caracara (Milvago chimango) in southern Chile [PDF]
Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, 2001 Two species of blood protozoans were identified from blood smears collected from 15 specimens of the Chimango caracara (Milvago chimango) on Isla Grande de Chiloé in southern Chile. These included Leucocytozoon toddi in 13 birds, including all 5 of the 4-
Donald J Forrester +2 more
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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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Perineuronal satellite neuroglia in the telencephalon of New Caledonian crows and other Passeriformes: evidence of satellite glial cells in the central nervous system of healthy birds? [PDF]
PeerJ, 2013 Glia have been implicated in a variety of functions in the central nervous system, including the control of the neuronal extracellular space, synaptic plasticity and transmission, development and adult neurogenesis.
Felipe S. Medina +4 more
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The first record of the ectoparasite fly Carnus hemapterus for the Southern Hemisphere [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and WildlifeThe genus Carnus (family Carnidae, Order Diptera) comprises five species of small-bodied and blood-sucking flies that parasitize nestlings of wild bird species.
Paula Maiten Orozco-Valor +2 more
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Bactris gasipaes fruits consumption by Caracara plancus in the Municipality of Brasiléia, southwestern Amazon, Brazil [PDF]
Revista Peruana de Biología, 2019 The Southern Caracara (Caracara plancus) is a South American falconid that over the years has been colonizing open areas of the Southwestern Amazon. Regarding food habits, it is considered an opportunistic/generalist species.
Edson Guilherme
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Continental scale dietary patterns in a New World raptor using web-sourced photographs. [PDF]
PLoS ONEDietary studies are essential to better understand raptor ecology and resource requirements through time and space, informing species habitat use, interspecific interactions and demographic rates.
Connor T Panter +3 more
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Ciência Rural, 2009 Neste trabalho, foram estudados os parâmetros biométricos das vísceras que compõem o sistema respiratório de oito carcarás de ambos os sexos, com pesos corpóreos e idades diferentes. As aves foram eutanasiadas, evisceradas e dissecadas.
Vanessa Sobue Franzo +5 more
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The raptor Chimango Caracara (Milvago chimango) (Aves: Falconiformes) - A new host for Trichomonas gallinae (protozoa: Trichomonadidae) [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2019 This work describes a specimen of Chimango Caracara (Milvago chimango - Vieillot, 1816), from southern Brazil, as a new natural host for Trichomonas gallinae (Rivolta, 1878).
Mirian Pinheiro Bruni +9 more
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A New Species of Large, Terrestrial Caracara from Holocene Deposits in Southern Jamaica (Aves: Falconidae) [PDF]
Journal of Raptor Research, 2008 Abstract A new species of caracara, Caracara tellustris, is described from cave deposits in the arid Portland Ridge area of southern Jamaica. It is characterized by great size and much reduced wings, and was probably almost completely terrestrial in habits if not even flightless.
Storrs L Olson
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Biometric analysis of the intestine of the Southern Caracara (Polyborus plancus, Miller, 1777) [PDF]
Biotemas, 2007 This experiment investigated the biometric parameters for the enteric tract of eight Southern Caracaras (Polyborus plancus, Miller 1777). The study was carried out on eight adult animals of both sexes (four males and four females) having different ages ...
Carime Moraes +4 more
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