Chewing lice (Insecta, Phthiraptera) and ticks (Arachnida, Ixodida) associated with birds in highland marshes of the Brazilian semiarid Vanessa Campelo Souza, Jaqueline Bianque de Oliveira, Rachel Maria de Lyra-Neves, Latifa Pelage, Allan Jefferson da Silva Oliveira, Williams Oliveira-Silva, Leandro da Silva Cabral, Wallace Rodrigues Telino-Júnior Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment, 2024 In Brazilian semiarid, highland marshes are home to a great diversity of species; still, these ecosystems suffer constant impacts due to agriculture, logging, and livestock. Here we describe a community of birds and their ectoparasites in anthropized remnants of a highland marsh ecosystem, located in Northeast of Brazil. From August/2018 to July/2019, mist nets were used to capture birds, and their ectoparasites were then collected. A total of 78 bird species from 18 families were captured, of which 25 species and 12 families were parasitized by lice, while 13 species from 8 families were parasitized by ticks. Of the 546 birds captured, 11.9% were infested by 747 lice belonging to 12 taxa, and 4.2% by 27 ticks. Only seven individuals were infested by both lice and ticks. Both lice and ticks showed preference for topographic sites on their host bodies.
AVIFAUNA IN TWO REMNANTS OF BREJOS DE ALTITUDE IN THE STATE OF PERNAMBUCO, BRAZIL , Williams Oliveira-Silva, Arthur Siqueira de Paula, , Hugo Fernando de Lima, Matheus Galindo Jácome de Carvalho, Renato Gaban-Lima, , , Rachel Maria de Lyra-Neves, Wallace Rodrigues Telino-Junior Oecologia Australis, 2022 The Brejos de Altitude are enclaves of high-altitude Atlantic Forest surrounded by the Caatinga, presenting high species richness and endemism. Therefore, this study aimed to characterize the avifauna in forest remnants of the Brejos de Altitude in the state of Pernambuco: the Vale do Tabocas Farm and the RPPN Reserva Natural Brejo. Using mist-nets captures and direct observations, we recorded 211 species of birds, including 28% forest-dependent species. Four taxa endemic to the Pernambuco Center, two to the Atlantic Forest, six to the Caatinga, and 14 to the northeastern region were recorded. Eight threatened taxa were also recorded. Insectivores (44%) and omnivores (25%) were the most representative trophic guilds. Although the Vale do Tabocas fragment presented the lowest species richness, it holds more endangered and endemic species. These results indicate the importance of these forest fragments for local bird diversity maintenance and their conservation must be encouraged.
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Habitat use and co-occurrence of two species of tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus (Aves: Rhynchocyclidae) in a fragment of montane forest in north-eastern Brazil W Oliveira-Silva, GS Toledo-Lima, RM Lyra-Neves, WR Telino-Junior Journal of Natural History 59 (1-4), 77-98 , 2025 2025
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The bird assemblage of an urban fragment of the Atlantic Forest in Northeastern Brazil, and the performance difference between two ornithological surveys methods W Oliveira-Silva, TK Guedes, PM Oliveira, RM Lyra-Neves, ... Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi-Ciências Naturais 18 (2), e2023-e917 , 2023 2023 Citations: 1
Avifauna em dois remanescentes de brejo de altitude no estado de Pernambuco, Brasil W Oliveira-Silva, AS de Paula, HF de Lima, MGJ de Carvalho, ... Oecologia Australis 26 (1), 45-51 , 2022 2022 Citations: 1
Habitat use and co-occurrence of two species of tody-tyrant, Hemitriccus (Aves: Rhynchocyclidae) in a fragment of montane forest in north-eastern Brazil W Oliveira-Silva, GS Toledo-Lima, RM Lyra-Neves, WR Telino-Junior Journal of Natural History 59 (1-4), 77-98 , 2025 2025
Chewing lice (Insecta, Phthiraptera) and ticks (Arachnida, Ixodida) associated with birds in highland marshes of the Brazilian semiarid VC Souza, JB de Oliveira, RM de Lyra-Neves, L Pelage, ... Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 59 (3), 956-966 , 2024 2024
