Parasitism by Botflies Philornis Sp. on European Starlings Sturnus vulgaris, an exotic bird in Argentina

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We studied the parasitism of the exotic European starling Sturnus vulgaris by native botflies Philornis spp. in Argentina. We installed thirty nest boxes in the northeastern Buenos Aires province in the 2010–2011 breeding season. In the first brood, subcutaneous larvae of Philornis (Muscidae) parasi...

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Autores principales: Ibáñez, Lucía Mariel, Fiorini, Vanina Dafne, Montalti, Diego, Di Iorio, Osvaldo, Turienzo, Paola
Formato: Articulo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2015
Materias:
Zoología
Argentina
Botfly
Ectoparasitism
Nestling mortality
Reproductive success
Ectoparasitismo
Éxito de la reproducción
Mortalidad de volantones
Moscardón
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/126481
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SEDICI (UNLP) de Universidad Nacional de La Plata
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language Inglés
topic Zoología
Argentina
Botfly
Ectoparasitism
Nestling mortality
Reproductive success
Ectoparasitismo
Éxito de la reproducción
Mortalidad de volantones
Moscardón
spellingShingle Zoología
Argentina
Botfly
Ectoparasitism
Nestling mortality
Reproductive success
Ectoparasitismo
Éxito de la reproducción
Mortalidad de volantones
Moscardón
Ibáñez, Lucía Mariel
Fiorini, Vanina Dafne
Montalti, Diego
Di Iorio, Osvaldo
Turienzo, Paola
Parasitism by Botflies Philornis Sp. on European Starlings Sturnus vulgaris, an exotic bird in Argentina
topic_facet Zoología
Argentina
Botfly
Ectoparasitism
Nestling mortality
Reproductive success
Ectoparasitismo
Éxito de la reproducción
Mortalidad de volantones
Moscardón
description We studied the parasitism of the exotic European starling Sturnus vulgaris by native botflies Philornis spp. in Argentina. We installed thirty nest boxes in the northeastern Buenos Aires province in the 2010–2011 breeding season. In the first brood, subcutaneous larvae of Philornis (Muscidae) parasitised 34 nestlings (89.4%) of 11 clutches (91.6%) and only three nestlings fledged. In the second brood, Philornis parasitised 15 (48.3%) nestlings of seven clutches (70%) and all the nestlings died. Compared to the mortality of other Neotropical birds parasitised by Philornis, the mortality in European starling nests is the highest found in the region. Our results show that the studied population of European starling suffers a high level of parasitism by Philornis, although this factor was not directly associated with the high mortality of starling nestlings. The fact that most non-parasitised nestlings also died indicates that other factors are also affecting nestling survival. Experiments that allow us to isolate the effect of Philornis from other variables would be needed to evaluate the impact of botfly larvae on starling nestlings.
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Articulo
author Ibáñez, Lucía Mariel
Fiorini, Vanina Dafne
Montalti, Diego
Di Iorio, Osvaldo
Turienzo, Paola
author_facet Ibáñez, Lucía Mariel
Fiorini, Vanina Dafne
Montalti, Diego
Di Iorio, Osvaldo
Turienzo, Paola
author_sort Ibáñez, Lucía Mariel
title Parasitism by Botflies Philornis Sp. on European Starlings Sturnus vulgaris, an exotic bird in Argentina
title_short Parasitism by Botflies Philornis Sp. on European Starlings Sturnus vulgaris, an exotic bird in Argentina
title_full Parasitism by Botflies Philornis Sp. on European Starlings Sturnus vulgaris, an exotic bird in Argentina
title_fullStr Parasitism by Botflies Philornis Sp. on European Starlings Sturnus vulgaris, an exotic bird in Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Parasitism by Botflies Philornis Sp. on European Starlings Sturnus vulgaris, an exotic bird in Argentina
title_sort parasitism by botflies philornis sp. on european starlings sturnus vulgaris, an exotic bird in argentina
publishDate 2015
url http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/126481
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