Bird hosts of the new zealand cattle tick, haemaphysalis longicornis

Abstract

Five species of native birds were examined for the presence of the New Zealand cattle tick, Haemaphysalis longicornis. In this small sample, only the North Island brown kiwi. Apteryx australis mantelli and the banded rail, Rallus philippensis assimilis were infested with the tick. These constitute new host records. © 1988 Crown.