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A novel primary bile acid in the Shoebill stork and herons and its phylogenetic significance

Journal of Lipid Research, 2002
The Shoebill stork, an enigma phylogenetically, was found to contain as its dominant biliary bile acid 16α-hydroxychenodeoxycholic acid, a heretofore undescribed bile acid.
L.R. Hagey, C.D. Schteingart, H-T. Ton-Nu, A.F. Hofmann   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Molecular phylogeny of the spoonbills (Aves: Threskiornithidae) based on mitochondrial DNA [PDF]

Zootaxa, 2010
Spoonbills (genus Platalea) are a small group of wading birds, generally considered to constitute the subfamily Plataleinae (Aves: Threskiornithidae). We reconstructed phylogenetic relationships among the six species of spoonbills using variation in sequences of the mitochondrial genes ND2 and cytochrome b (total 1796 bp).
R. TERRY CHESSER, CAROL K. L. YEUNG, CHENG-TE YAO, XIU-HUA TIAN, SHOU-HSIEN LI   +4 more
openaire   +5 more sources

Diversity and prevalence of hemoparasites of wading birds in southern Florida, USA

International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2017
Relatively few studies on hemoparasites have been conducted on wading birds in the families Ardeidae and Threskiornithidae (order Pelecaniformes), especially in the United States.
Sarah M. Coker, Sonia M. Hernandez, Whitney M. Kistler, Shannon E. Curry, Catharine N. Welch, Heather W. Barron, Stefan Harsch, Maureen H. Murray, Michael J. Yabsley   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

How much sampling is enough? Four decades of understorey bird mist‐netting across Amazonia define the minimum effort to uncover species assemblage structure

Ibis, EarlyView.
Mist‐net sampling comprises a key methodological component of assemblage‐wide avifaunal studies, particularly in the understorey of closed‐canopy tropical forests. To investigate mist‐net bird captures and species assemblage structure, we compiled data from 312 sites across the Pan‐Amazon.
Pilar L. Maia‐Braga, Anderson S. Bueno, Richard G. Davies, Marina F. A. Maximiano, Torbjørn Haugaasen, Marina Anciães, John G. Blake, Bette A. Loiselle, Sergio H. Borges, Juliana Menger, Sidnei Dantas, Ramiro D. Melinski, Fernando H. T. de Abreu, Roberta L. Boss, Carlos A. Peres   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geronticus thackerayi, sp. nov. (Aves, Threskiornithidae), a New Ibis from the Hominin-Bearing Locality of Kromdraai (Cradle of Humankind, Gauteng, South Africa)

Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2019
Ibises (family Threskiornithidae) are long-billed, long-legged birds that feed on the ground or in shallow waters, show a worldwide distribution except in Antarctica, and are represented in Africa by five extant genera (Bostrychia, Geronticus, Lophotibis,
M. Pavia
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Diversity and Relative Abundance of Avian Species in the Wetland Area Northwest of Lake Abaya, Southern Ethiopia

The Scientific World Journal, 2023
Studies on the diversity and relative abundance of birds are crucial for improving wetland bird conservation in Ethiopia. The current study aimed at investigating the diversity and relative abundance of avian species in the wetland area around Lake Abaya’
Samuel Bekele, Wondimagegnehu Tekalign
doaj   +1 more source

Digeneans and acanthocephalans of birds from Formosa Province, Argentina [PDF]

, 2015
Fil: Lunaschi, Lía Inés. División Zoología Invertebrados. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Universidad Nacional de La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Drago, Fabiana Beatriz. División Zoología Invertebrados. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. Universidad
Draghi, Regina, Drago, Fabiana Beatriz, Lunaschi, Lía Inés   +2 more
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Citizen science reveals host‐switching in louse flies and keds (Diptera: Hippoboscidae) during a period of anthropogenic change

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, Adrian L. Smith, Ben C. Sheldon   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Shorebird responses to fine‐scale water level fluctuations and macrofauna biomass in a newly constructed freshwater wetland

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Restoration of marine and freshwater wetlands for shorebirds is essential for the recovery of their declining populations. An ongoing approach is to restore shorebird habitats by large‐scale engineering, expecting the return of birds once suitable abiotic conditions are (re)established.
Lars Ursem, Elisabeth S. Bakker, Hui Jin, Casper H. A. van Leeuwen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Aves migratórias ocorrentes no Pantanal: caracterização e conservação. [PDF]

, 2013
Periodicamente o Brasil é visitado por milhares de aves que realizam movimentos sazonais da América do Norte para a América do Sul e vice-versa (Sick 1983, Morrison et al. 1989, Chesser 1994). Dentre as aves que visitam o território nacional, destacam-se
NUNES, A. P., TOMAS, W. M.
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