SANDGROUSE (PTEROCLEIDAE) AND SOCIABLE WEAVERS PHILETARIUS-SOCIUS LACK AVIAN HEMATOZOA IN SEMIARID REGIONS OF SOUTH-AFRICA

Authors
LITTLE RM EARLE RA
Citation
Rm. Little et Ra. Earle, SANDGROUSE (PTEROCLEIDAE) AND SOCIABLE WEAVERS PHILETARIUS-SOCIUS LACK AVIAN HEMATOZOA IN SEMIARID REGIONS OF SOUTH-AFRICA, Journal of arid environments, 30(3), 1995, pp. 367-370
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences",Ecology
Journal title
Journal of arid environments → ACNP
ISSN journal
01401963
Volume
30
Issue
3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
367 - 370
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-1963(1995)30:3<367:S(ASWP>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
Blood smears from 97 sandgrouse (64 Namaqua Sandgrouse Pterocles namaq ua, 28 Burchell's Sandgrouse P. burchelli and five Doublebanded Sandgr ouse P. bicinctus) and from 20 Sociable Weavers Philetarius socius col lected in the semi-arid Northern Cape Province, South Africa were exam ined. No blood parasites were observed in any of the smears examined. Because of the scarcity of breeding habitats for the vectors of avian Haematozoa in arid and semi-arid regions of southern Africa, it is sug gested that these environments are generally free of avian Haematozoa.