A bird louse is any chewing louse (small, biting insects) of order Phthiraptera which parasitizes warm-blooded animals, especially birds. Bird lice may...

species of louse—the head louse and the body louse are subspecies of Pediculus humanus; and the pubic louse, Pthirus pubis. The body louse has the smallest...

lice, biting lice, or bird lice, containing more than 3000 species. These lice are external parasites that feed mainly on birds, although some species...

The head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis) is an obligate ectoparasite of humans. Head lice are wingless insects that spend their entire lives on the...

The body louse (Pediculus humanus humanus, also known as Pediculus humanus corporis) is a hematophagic ectoparasite louse that infests humans. It is one...

December 2015, Fry was awarded membership of The Magic Circle. In 2017, the bird louse Saepocephalum stephenfryii was named after him, in honour of his contributions...

Pseudolynchia canariensis, the pigeon louse fly or pigeon fly, is a species of biting fly in the family of louse flies, Hippoboscidae. Pseudolynchia canariensis...

L.; Price, Roger D. (2004). "Apterygon okarito a new species of chewing louse (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Menoponidae) from the Okarito brown kiwi (Aves:...

Hippoboscidae, the louse flies or keds, are obligate parasites of mammals and birds. In this family, the winged species can fly at least reasonably well...

rabbits and feral cats were too much for the species. Individuals of a bird louse of the genus Strigiphilus were found to parasitize laughing owls. Breeding...

from the species include the tick Ornithodoros capensis in nests and the bird louse Pectino pygus in adults. The International Union for Conservation of Nature...

to be tame and docile, even responding to their names when called. A bird louse, Ardeicola tantali was described on the basis of a specimen obtained from...

Zoological Garden while Cycloceolum brasilianum was recorded in India. The bird louse species Rallicola sulcatus has been described from this species; it looks...

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Bombax, Erythrina and may pollinate species such as Helicteres isora. The bird louse Philopterus kalkalichi Ansari, 1955 whose type host is the black drongo...

pediculosis capitis, is the infection of the head hair and scalp by the head louse (Pediculus humanus capitis). Itching from lice bites is common. During a...

black-necked stork is the type-host for a species of ectoparasitic Ischnoceran bird louse, Ardeicola asiaticus and a species of endoparasitic trematode Dissurus...

A species of bird louse, Chelopistes lervicola has been described as an ectoparasite of this species, and other species in this louse genus are known...

Morinyssus simplex—collected from a museum skin of Australasian gannet—the bird louse species Pectinopygus bassani, and the tick species Ixodes eudyptidis,...

belongs to the superfamily Oestroidea). The Hippoboscidae are commonly called louse flies or ked flies. The bat flies are Nycteribiidae and Streblidae (along...

County, and on the southern Lake Wales Ridge in Highlands County. The bird louse Brueelia deficiens is found in Florida only on the Florida scrub jay,...

wide. Incubation takes around 20 days and baby birds spend another 35 days in the nest. The bird louse Forficuloecus greeni has been recovered from the...

Western Australia, from oocytes collected from faecal samples. Species of bird louse that have been recorded on the red wattlebird include Menacanthus eurysternus...

extinctus, also known as the passenger pigeon chewing louse, is an extant species of phtilopterid louse. It was once believed to have become extinct with...

"The Great Louse Detective" is the sixth episode of the fourteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired...

from a diseased bird in 2016. It is an intracellular parasite that lives in the host's gastrointestinal system. Species of bird louse recorded on the...

cockatoo. Carnaby's black cockatoo is occasionally parasitised by the bird louse species Franciscoloa funerei. In captivity, it is also susceptible to...

Colpocephalum californici, the California condor louse, is an extinct species of chewing louse which parasitized the California condor (Gymnogyps californianus)...

head. The green ibis is the type host of a species of bird louse, Plegadiphalus cayennensis. BirdLife International (2016). "Mesembrinibis cayennensis"...

The common swift (Apus apus) is a medium-sized bird, superficially similar to the barn swallow or house martin but somewhat larger, though not stemming...