title: New records of three hippoboscid species on newly captured birds from nature in Paraná, Brazil.
abstract: The aims of this study was to provide new records of hippoboscid flies collected over an one-year period on newly captured birds from nature in the state of Paraná, Brazil. The birds were received by a wildlife center in Tijucas do Sul and the hippoboscid flies were collect by hand or by tweezers, generating a prevalence of 0.7% (16/2232) of parasitized birds. New information about distribution of hippoboscid flies on Asio clamator, Rupornis magnirostris and Athene cunicularia was reported in the state of Paraná. The Caracara plancus, Falco peregrinus and Penelope obscura are new host species for Ornithoctona erythrocephala in the state of Paraná, and the Asio stygius for Icosta rufiventris and Ornithoica vicina in Brazil. This study provided new information about hosts and distribution of hippoboscid flies in Brazilian birds.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Triagem de Animais Silvestres, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná - PUCPR, Tijucas do Sul, PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Frederico Fontanelli
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Vaz
authors.affiliation: Laboratório de Parasitologia Veterinária, Escola de Ciências Agrárias e Medicina Veterinária, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Paraná - PUCPR, Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
authors.forename: Valéria Natascha
authors.initials: VN
authors.lastname: Teixeira
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000469:parasitology; D001715:Bird Diseases; D001717:Birds / Q000469:parasitology*; D001938:Brazil; D004175:Diptera; D020305:Strigiformes / Q000469:parasitology