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Mitochondrion genomes of seven species of the endangered genus Sporophila (Passeriformes: Thraupidae) [PDF]
Genetics and Molecular BiologyWe announce the mitochondrial genomes of seven species of the genus Sporophila (S. bouvreuil, S. iberaensis, S. melanogaster, S. minuta, S. nigrorufa, S. pileata, and S.
Amanda Alves de Melo-Ximenes +9 more
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New avian hosts for Taphropiestes plaumanni (Coleoptera: Cavognathidae) and the record of nestlings skin lesions and body deterioration associated with parasitism [PDF]
Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências, 2022 We collected data during three consecutive breeding seasons (2015-2018) to assess the effects of Taphropiestes plaumanni (Coleoptera: Cavognathidae) on its bird hosts in a native forest of central eastern Argentina.
EXEQUIEL GONZALEZ +3 more
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Molt strategy and delayed plumage maturation in the Lined Seedeater
Journal of Field Ornithology, 2023 Lined Seedeaters Sporophila lineola , an intra-tropical migratory songbird, exhibit extensive phenotypic variation, with characteristic black-and-white male and brownish female plumages.
Dalila Ferreira +3 more
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Biota Colombiana, 2023 La fragmentación del bosque subandino es preocupante, tanto por su valor intrínseco, como por los servicios ecosistémicos que provee. La restauración pasiva se presenta como una opción para contrarrestar esa situación.
Ana María Maya-Girón +2 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2021 The cloud forest species Meriania macrophylla (Benth.) Triana has pseudocampanulate flowers with bulbous stamen appendages, typical for the passerine pollination syndrome found in the Melastomataceae tribe Merianieae. The species is further characterized
José Miguel Valverde‐Espinoza +3 more
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Heringeriana, 2023 Este estudo relata o primeiro caso registrado de cleptoparasitismo de ninho na família Thraupidae, envolvendo o saí-azul (Dacnis cayana) e um ninho de caneleiro-de-chapéu-preto (Pachyramphus validus).
Elsie L. Rotenberg +2 more
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Partial leucism in the Variable Seedeater (Sporophila corvina) in Costa Rica.
Huitzil, 2022 Leucism is the most common plumage aberration recorded in wild birds around the world, but very few records exist for Neotropical wild bird species with black plumage.
Sergio Villegas Retana
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Entomological Communications, 2021 Herein, three feather mite species (Analgoidea: Proctophyllodidae) are reported from tanagers (Passeriformes: Thraupidae) in Brazil: Proctophyllodes thraupis Atyeo & Braasch, 1966 on Thraupis ornata (Sparrman, 1789), Thraupis palmarum (Wied, 1821), and ...
Fabio A. Hernandes
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Rediscovery of Sporophila frontalis (Verreaux, 1869) (Aves, Thraupidae) in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil [PDF]
Check List, 2017 The Buffy-fronted Seedeater, Sporophila frontalis (Verreaux, 1869) (Aves, Thraupidae), is a threatened passerine endemic to the Atlantic Forest of southeastern South America. Habitat loss and illegal capture for the pet trade has reduced the geographical
João Gava Just +2 more
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Mites of the genus Neharpyrhynchus Fain (Acariformes, Harpirhynchidae) from Neotropical birds
ZooKeys, 2011 Three new species of parasitic mites of the genus Neharpyrhynchus Fain (Acariformes, Harpirhynchidae) are described from Neotropical birds, N. chlorospingus sp. n. from Chlorospingus pileatus (Passeriformes, Emberizidae) from Costa Rica, N.
Andre Bochkov, Ivan Literak
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