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Parasite List by Parasite Surveillance Vol.25 Special Issue 1998 Parasites of Birds in New Zealand PART II: Parasite list by parasite Parasite Host Parasite .- Host Nematoda Peafowl Acuaria sp Kiwi'! Heterakis vesicularis Domestic fowl Amidostomum acutum Paradise duck Microtetrameres nestoris Kaka Amidostomum sp Black swan Microtetrameres sp Shining cuckoo Ascaridia galli Domestic fowl Ornithostrongylus quadriradiatus Rock pigeon asca ridia platycerci Chatham Island parakeet, Pectinospirura sp Black swan Masked lovebird Pelicitus sp Rock pigeon Ascaridia sp Budgerigar. Cockatiel. Porrocaecum ensicaudatum Blackbird, Kiwi. Song thrush Domestic turkey, Galah. Parakeet. Peachfaced lovebird, Porrocaecum crassum Paradise duck Peafowl, Regent parrot. Porrocaecum sp Brown kiwi Rosella Procyrnea kea Kea Ascaridia zelandica Shining cuckoo Sciadiocara tarapunga Red-billed gull Ascaris apterycis Brown kiwi '? Stomachus diomedeae Light-mantled Sooty albatross, Aucuaria skrjabini Cordon-bleu finch Royal albatross, Capillaria anatis Paradise duck White-capped mollymawk Capillaria annulata Domestic fowl Stomachus sp Black-browed mollymawk, Gentoo penguin. Royal Capillaria cadovulvata Grey partridge, Ring-necked penguin pheasant Streptocara cirrohamata Auckland Island shag Capillaria caudinflata Domestic fowl Syngamus trachea Blackbird, Chukor partridge, Capillaria\ contorta Grey partridge Domestic fowl, Kea, Parson Capillaria emberizae Yellowhammer finch, Ring-necked pheasant, Capillaria obsignata Domestic fowl. Rock pigeon Pictorella finch, Silvereye, Starling Capillaria plagiaticia Kea Terranova s p Royal penguin Capillaria s p Blackbird, Black stilt Black swan, Chukor partridge,Kiwi. Tetrameres sp Kiwi Masked lovebird. Pied stilt. Tetrameres tarapungae Red-billed gull Rosella. Song thrush Toxocara cati Brown kiwi Capillaria strigis Morepork Trichostrongylus tenuis Brown quail, Paradise duck, Capillaria tenuissima Little owl Peafowl Contracaecum magnicollare Australasian gannet Viktorocara torea South Island Pied oyster- Contracaecum microcephalum Grey duck, Red-billed gull catcher Contracaecum spiculigerum Auckland Island shag, Black shag, Campbell Island shag, Cestoda Little shag, Macquarie Island Anomotaenia minuta Brown kiwi shag, Red-billed gull, Spotted shag Anomotaenia verulamii Blackbird, Song thrush Contracaecum eudyptes Rockhopper penguin. Yellow- Apoloparksis dujardinii Blackbird. Song thrush eyed penguin Choanotaenia infundibulum Saddleback Contracaecum scotti Black-browed mollymawk Davainea proglottina Domestic fowl Contracaecum sp Blue penguin Davainea sp Brown kiwi Cosmocephalusjaenschi Little shag Dilepis undula Blackbird, Song thrush Cosmocephalus Sp Auckland Island shag Diplophallus polymorphus Black stilt, Pied stilt Cosmocephalus tanakai Southern black-backed gull Echinolepis carioca Domestic fowl Cyathostoma cacatua Sulphur-crested cockatoo Fimbriaria fasciolaris Paradise duck Cyrnea (Cyrnea) apterycis Brown kiwi, Kiwi Hymenolepis\ alakensis South Island Pied oyster- Echinuria australis Grey duck catcher. Variable oystercatcher Echinuria uncinata Grey duck, Mallard duck Hymenolpeis megalops Grey duck, Paradise duck Eustrongylides sp Australasian bittern, Black Hymenolepis serpentulus Black bird shag. Spotted shag Nematoparataenia paradoxa Black swan Filocapsularia Auckland Island shag, piscium Paricterotaenia apterygis Brown kiwi Macquarie Island shag Proterogynotaenia haematopodus South Island Pied oyster- hedruris spinigera Black shag catcher Heterakis gallinarum Brown quail, Domcstic fowl, Pulluterina nestoris Kea Domestic turkey. Morepork. Ring-necked pheasant raillietina cesticillus Domestic fowl Heterakis gracilicauda Brown kiwi, Kiwi Raillietina graeca Chukor partridge Heterakis isolonche Ring-necked pheasant Raillietina sp Brown kiwi 10 Surveillance Special Issue Surveillance Vol.25 Special Issue 1998 Parasites of Birds in New Zealand Parasite Host .._.._ Parasite Host Stringpoptaenia psittacea Kakapo Acanthocephala Taenia apterycis Brown kiwi'! Corynosoma clavatum Auckland Island shag taenia increscens Variable oystercatcher Corynosoma sp Gentoo penguin Echinorhynchus sp Brown kiwi Trematoda Plagiorhynchus sp South Island Pied oyster- catcher Acanthoparyphium sp Black stilt. Pied stilt, South Island Pied oystercatcher Polymorphus sp Pied stilt Catatropis sp Black stilt, New Zealand Shoveler, Paradise duck Pied . Protozoa stilt, "Wild duck" Atoxoplasma Adiei Canary Cloacitrema sp Variable oystercatcher Atoxoplasma paddae Silvereye Stewart Island weka Cotylurus cornutus Paradise duck Atoxoplasma sp Finch, Greenfinch?, House Cotylurus sp Black stilt. Black swan?, New sparrow Zealand scaup? "Wild duck"? Cryptosporidium sp House sparrow. Lovebird. Cututeria australis South Island Pied oyster- catcher Song thrush. Starling Eimeria Acervulina Domestic fowl Dendritobilharzia pulverulenta Black swan. Grey duck, Mallard duck ,Muscovy duck, eimeria brunetti Domestic fowl Mute swan. New Zealand Eimeria Kovoidi Chukor partridge scaup, New Zealand shoveler. Paradise duck. "Wild duck" Eimeria labbeana Rock pigeon Echinoparyphium recurvatum Australasian bittern, Black Eimeria maxima Domestic fowl swan, Canada goose. Domes- Eimeria meleagridis Domestic turkey tic goose, New Zealand scaup, New Zealand shoveler. Eimeria meleagrimitis Domestic turkey Paradise duck "Wild duck" Eimeria necatrix Domestic fowl Echinostoma revolutum Canada Goose Domestic Eimeria sp Brown kiwi'?, Yellow-eyed goose. New Zealand shoveler. penguin Paradise duck. Rock pigeon, "Wild duck" Eimeria tenella Domestic fowl Echinostoma sp Blue penguin? Eimeria truncata Kiwi? Hydrodermia sp Blue penguin? Giardia sp Blackbird. Black stilt, Chaffinch, Hedge sparrow, Hyptiasmus Magnus Black swan House sparrow. Kaka. Song Levinseniella sp "Wild duck"? thrush Lyperosomum megacotylosum Brown kiwi Haemoproteus danilewsky Blackbird. Skylark, Song thrush Metorchis sp "Wild duck" Histomonas meleagridis Domestic fowl, Domestic Notocotylus attenuatus Paradise duck turkey. Peafowl. Ring-necked Notocotylus gippyensis Canada goose. Domestic pheasant goose Grey duck, New Isospora sp Greenfinch? Zealand shoveler, Paradise cluck. "Wild duck” Leucocytozoon tawaki Fiordland crested penguin Notocotylus sp South Island Pied oyster- Leucocytozoon fringillinarum Chaffinch catcher Plasmodium cathemerium Canary, Finch Notocotylus tadornae Domcstic goose, Paradise Plasmodium elongatum Dotterel duck Plasmodium relictum Blackbird, Dotterel. Fiordland Ornithobilharzia canaliculata Southern Black-backed pull crested penguin. House Ornithobilharzia kowalewskii Godwit sparrow. Song thrush.Yellow- eyed penguin Ornithobilharzia sp New Zealand shoveler Plasmodium sp Grey duck. Pipit. Skylark Parorchis acanthus Red-billed gull Sarcocystis sp New Zealand pigeon Philophthalmus sp Southern Black-backed gull Totoplasma gondii Canary. Domestic fowl Psilochasmus oxyurus Black swan, New Zealand scaup. New Zealand shoveler, Toxoplasma sp Kaka?, Little Spotted kiwi?. "Wild duck" Silvereye? Spelotrema sp "Wild duck"? Trichomonas gallinae Rock pigeon Trichobilharzia ocellata New Zealand shoveler Trichomonas sp New Zealand pigeon? Trichobilharzia sp Grey duck,Mallard duck. New Zealand scaup "Wild duck" Typhlocoelum cucumerinum New Zealand shoveler, "Wild duck" Uvitellina sp Pied stilt Wardianum sp Pied stilt Surveillance Special Issue 11 Surveillance Vol.25 Special Issue 1998 Parasites of Birds in New Zealand References (29) Orr M, Black A. Animal Health Laboratory Network: Review of (1) Weekes PJ. Checklist of helminth parasites of birds in New diagnostic cases - October to December 1995. Surveillance Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Zoology 9, 451 -60, 1982. 23(1), 3-5, 1995. (2) Levine ND. The genus Atoxoplasma (Protozoa, Apicomplexa). (30) Belton DJ, Powell IB. 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