Ectoparásitos de la perdiz chilena (Nothoprocta perdicaria) en la Provincia de Ñuble, Chile

Abstract

Between November 1994 and April 1995 a total of 51 chilean tinamou (Nothoprocta perdicaria) were collected in Nuble Province (Chile) and the following ectoparasites prevalences were found; Rhynchothura teres (9.2 %), Heptapsogaster sp. (90.2 %), Menacanthus nothoproctae (39.2%), Heptapsogaster testudo (19.6%), Allosathes sp. (80.4 %), Amblyomma sp. (11.8 %) and a mite from the Trombiculidae family (15.7 %). Excepting R. teres, the other ectoparasites represent their first record in the chilean tinamou.