Ectoparasitic load of blue-fronted Parrot(Amazoma aestiva, Psittacidae) nestlings

Ornitologia Neotropical

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 573-578

  Berkunsky, Igor ^a   Formoso, Anahí ^a   Aramburú, Rosana ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Blue fronted Parrot; Chewing lice; Ectoparasites; Mites; Nestlings; Ornithonyssus bursa; Paragoniocotes heterogenitalis; Paragoniocotes semicingulatus

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745858296     PISSN: 10754377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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