GASTROINTESTINAL HELMINTHS OF SOME YELLOW-SHAFTED FLICKERS, COLAPTES-AURATUS-LUTEUS (AVES, PICIDAE), FROM ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA

Authors
BOLETTE DP
Citation
Dp. Bolette, GASTROINTESTINAL HELMINTHS OF SOME YELLOW-SHAFTED FLICKERS, COLAPTES-AURATUS-LUTEUS (AVES, PICIDAE), FROM ALLEGHENY COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington, 65(1), 1998, pp. 114-116
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology,Parasitiology
Journal title
Journal of the Helminthological Society of Washington → ACNP
ISSN journal
1049233X
Volume
65
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
114 - 116
Database
ISI
SICI code
1049-233X(1998)65:1<114:GHOSYF>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
Five yellow-shafted flickers, Colaptes auratus luteus, from Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, were examined for gaslrointestinal helminths. Th e nematodes Capillaria tridens and Dispharynx nasuta are recorded in t his host species for the first time, and new egg measurements are give n for C. tridens. The acanthocephalan Plagiorhynchus (Prosthorhynchus) cylindraceus and an unidentifiable cestode were also found.