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PART 1: Parasite list by host
Host
Parasite
-.
Refe rence
Albatross, Light-mantled Sooty
(Phoebetria palpebrata) )
Nematoda
Stomachus diomedeae
I
Albatross, Royal
( D i o m e d e a epomophora)
Nemotoda
Stomachus diomedeae
I
Nematoda
Tremotoda
Eustrongylides
sp
1
Echinoparyphium recurvatum
I
Bittern, Australasian
(Botaurus poiciloptilus)
Blackbird
(Turdusmerula)
Nematoda
Cestoda
Protozoa
Budgerigar
(Melopsittacus undulatus)
Capillaria sp
1
Porrocaecum ensicaudatum
Synagamus Trachea
Anomotaenia verulamii
Aploparaksis dujardinii
Dilepis undula
Hymenolepis serpentulus
Giardia sp
Haemoproteus danilewsky
Plasmodium relictum
5
I
1
1
1
1
6
7
7
Nematoda
Ascaridia sp
(Serinus canaria)
Protozoa
Atoxoplasma adiei
Plasmodium cathemerium
Toxoplasma gondii
Chaffinch
(Fringilla coelebs)
Protozoa
Giardia sp
Leucocytozoon fringillinarum
6
Nematoda
A s c a r d i a sp
1
(Cacatua galerita) )
Nematoda
Cyathostoma cacatua
Cuckoo, Shining
(Chrysococcyx lucidis)
Nemotoda
Ascaridia -zelandica
Microtetrameres sp
1
Canary
Cockatiel
(Nymphicus hollandicus )
8
9
10
I
Cockatoo, Sulphur-crested
11
I
I
Dotterel, New Zealand
(Charadriusobscurus)Protozoa
Duck, Grey
(Anas superciliosa superciliosa)
Nematoda
Cestoda
Trematoda
Protozoa
Plasmodium elongatum
Plasmodium relictum
Contracaecum microcephalum
Echinuria australis
Echinuria uncinata
Hymenolepis megalops
Dendritobilharzia pulverulenta
Notocotylus gippyensis
Trichobilharzia sp
Plasmodium sp
12
12
1
1
I
I
1
1
1
7
Duck, Mallard
(Anas platyrhyochos
Nematoda
Trematoda
Echinuria uncinata
Dendritobilharzia pulverulenta
Trichobilharzia sp
1
(Cairina moschata)
Trematoda
Dendritobilharzia pulverulenta
13
Duck, Paradise
(Tadorna variegata)
Nemotoda
Amidostomum acutum
Capillaria anatis
Porrocaecum crassum
Trichostrongylus tenuis
Fimbriaria fasciolaris
Hymenolepis megalops
14
14
platyrhynochos)
I
I
Duck, Muscovy
Cestoda
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Parasite
Reference
Catatropis sp
Cotylurus cornutus
Dendritobilharzia pulverulenta
I
14
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Duck, Paradise - continued
Trematoda
Echinoparyphium recurvatum
Echinostoma revolutum
Notocotylus attenuatus
Notocotylus gippyensis
Notocotylus tadornae
15
I
I
14
1
I
Duck, "Wild"
(Anas spp)
Trematoda
Catatropis sp
Cotylurus sp?
Dendritobilharza pulverulenta
Echinoparyphium recurvatum
Echinostoma revolutum
Levinseniella sp?
Metrochis s p
Notocotylus gippyensis
Psilochasmus oxyurus
Spelotrema sp?
Trichobilharzia sp
Typhlocoelum cucumerinum
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
1
I
I
I
I
Finch
Protozoa
Atoxoplasma sp?
Plasmodium cathemerium
(Uraeginthus bengalus)
Nemotoda
A Aucuaria skrjabini
1
Pinch, Parson
(Peophila cincta)
Nematoda
Syngamus trachea
I
Nematoda
Syngamus trachea
I
Nematoda
Ascaridia galli
Capillaria annulata
Capillaria caudinflata
Capillaria obsignata
Hetarakis gallinarum
Heterakis vesicularis
synagamus trachea
Davainea proglottina
Echinolepis carioca
raillietina cesticillus
Eimeria acervulina
Eimeria brunetti
eimeria maxima
eimeria necatrix
Eimeria tenella
Histomonas Meleagridis
Toxoplasma gondii
I
(Fringillidae?)
16
9
Finch, Cordon-bleu
Finch, Pictorella
(Lonchura pectoralis)
Fowl, Domestic
(Gallus domesticus)
Cestoda
Protozoa
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
I
1
17
17
17
17
17
18
19
Galah
(Eolophus roseicapillus)
Nematoda
Ascaridiasp
I
Nematoda
Contracaecum magnicollare
I
Trematoda
Ornithobilharzia kowalewskii
13
Trematoda
Echinoparyphium recurvatum
Echinostoma revolutum
Notocotylus gippyensis
1
Gannet, Australasian
(Morus
Serrator)
Godwit
(Limosa sp)
Goose, Canad
(Branta canadensis )
I
I
Goose, Domestic
(Anser anser)
Trematoda
Echinoparyphium recurvatum
Echinostoma revolutum
Notocotylus gippensis
Notocotylus tadornae
I
I
I
I
Greenfinch
(Carduelis chloris)
Protozoa
Atoxoplasma sp?
Isospora sp?
20
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Parasite
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Reference
Gull, Red-billed
contracaecum microcephalum
contracaecum spiculigerum
I
I
Sciadiocara tarapunga
Tetrameres tarapungae
Parorchis acanthus
1
I
21
Cosmocephalus tanakai
Ornithobilharzia canaliculata
Philophthalmus sp
I
22
I
Nematoda
Protozoa
Microtetrameres nestoris
Giardia sp
Toxoplasma sp?
23
24
(Strigops habroptilus)
Cestoda
Stringopotaenia psittacea
1
Kea
(Nestor notabilis)
Nematoda
Capillaria plagiaticia
Procyrnea kea
syngamus trachea
Pulluterina nestoris
I
(Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus)
Nematoda
Trematoda
Gull, Southern Black-backed
(Larus dominicanus)
Nematoda
Trematoda
Kaka
(Nestor meridionalis)
1
Kakapo
Cestoda
Kiwi
(Apteryxsp)
Nematoda
Protozoa
1
25
1
Acuaria sp?
Cupillaria sp
Cyrnea (Cyrnea) apterycis
Heterakis gracilicauda
26
5
Porrocaecum ensicaudatum
Tetrameres sp
Eimeria truncata?
5
5
27
1
1
Kiwi, Brown
(Apteryx australis)
Nematoda
Cestoda
Trematoda
Acanthocephala
Ascaris apterycis?
cyrnea (Cyrnea) apterycis
Hetarakis gracilicauda
Porrocaecum sp
toxocara cati
Anomotaenia minuta
Davainea sp
Paricterotaenia apterygis
Raillietina sp
Taenia apterycis?
Lyperosumum megacotylosum
1
1
1
I
1
I
I
I
1
I
I
Protozoa
Echinorhynchus sp.
Eimeria sp?
1
28
(Apteryx owenii)
Protozoa
Toxoplasma sp?
29
Lovebird
(Agapornissp)
Protozoa
Cryptospridium sp
30
(Agapornis personata)
Nematoda
Ascaridia platycerci
Capillaria sp
1
1
Lovebird, Peach-faced
(Agapornis roseicollis)
Nematoda
Ascaridia sp
I
Mollymawk, Black-browed
(Diomedea melanophrys)
Nematoda
Contracaecum scotti
Stomachus sp
1
Nematoda
Stomachus diomedeae
1
Nematoda
Capillaria strigis
Heterakis gallinarum
1
I
Nematoda
Capillaria tenuissima
I
Kiwi, Little Spotted
Lovebird, Masked
Mollymawk, White-capped
(Diomedaecauta)
I
Morepork
(Ninox novaeseelandiae novaeseelandiae
Owl, Little
(Athene noctua)
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Oystercatcher, South Island Pied
(Haematopus ostralegusfinschi)
Parasite
Reference
Viktorocara torea
Hymenolepis alaskensis
Proterogynotaenia haematopodus
Acanthoparyphium sp
Curtuteria australis
Notocotylus sp
Plagiorhynchus sp
I
31
31
31
I
31
31
Trematoda
Hymenolepis alaskensis
Taenia increscens
Cloacitrema sp
31
1
31
Nematoda
Ascaridia sp
Nematoda
Ascaridia platycerci
Nematoda
Ascaridia sp
I
Capillaria s p
I
33
I
34
Nematoda
Cestoda
Trematoda
Acanthocephala
Oystercatcher, Variable
(Haematopus unicolor)
Parakeet
(Cyanoramphus sp)
Cestoda
I
Parakeet, Chatham Island
(Cyanoramphus novaezelandiae
chathamensis)
32
Parrot, regent
(Polytelis anthopeplus)
Partridge, Chukor
(Alectoris chukar)
Nematoda
syngamus trachea
Cestoda
Protozoa
Raillietina graeca
Eimeria kovoidi
Nematoda
Capillaria cadovulvata
Capillaria contorta
1
Ascaridia sp
Hetarakis sp
Trichostrongylus tenuis
Histomonas meleagridis
I
1
I
35
Nematode
Trematoda
Contracaecum sp
Echinostoma sp?
Hydrodermia sp?
36
36
Protozoa
Leucocytozoon tawaki
Plasmodium relictum
37
7
Nematoda
Acanthocephala
Stomachus sp
Corynosoma sp
I
1
Nematoda
Contracaecum eudyptes
I
Nematoda
Stomachus sp
Terranova sp
I
I
Nematoda
Protozoa
Contracaecum eudyptes
Eimeria sp
Plasmodium relictum
38
7
Nematoda
Capillaria cadovulvata
Heterakis gallinarum
Heterakis isolonche
Syngamus trachea
Histomonas meleagridis
I
1
1
1
35
Sarcocystis sp
Trichomonas s p ?
39
Partridge, Grey
(Perdix perdix perdix)
I
PeafowlI
(Pavo cristatus)
Nematoda
Protozoa
Penguin, Blue
(Eudyptula minor)
1
Penguin, Fiordland Crested
(Eudyptes pachyrhynchus)
Penguin, Gentoo
(Pygoscelis papua)
Penguin, Rockhopper
(Eudyptes chrysocome)
Penguin, Royal
(Eudyptes chrysolophus
schlegeli
Penguin, Yellow-eyed
(Megadyptes antipodes)
1
Pheasant, Ring-necked
(Phasianus colchicus)
Protozoa
Pigeon, New Zealand
(Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae)
Protozoa
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Host
Parasite
Reference
Capillaria obsignata
Ornithostrongylus quadriradiatus
Pelicitus sp
Echinostoma revolutum
eimeria labbeana
Trichomonas gallinae
I
I
I
1
35
40
Pigeon, Rock
(columba livia)
Nematoda
Trematoda
Protozoa
Pipit
(Anthus novaeseelandiae)
Protozoa
Plasmodium sp
Quail, Brown
(Synoicus ypsilophorus)
Nematoda
Heterakis gallinarum
Trichostrongylus tenuis
Rosella
(Platycercus sp)
Nematoda
Ascaridia sp
Capillaria sp
(Philesturnus carunculatus)
Cestoda
Choanotaenia infundibulum
42
Scaup, New Zealand
(Aythya novaeseelandiae)
Trematoda
Cotylurus sp'?
Dendritobilharzia pulverulenta
1
15
I
I
1
7
41
41
1
1
Saddleback
Echinoparyphium recurvatum
Psilochasmus oxyurus
Trichobilharzia sp
Shag, Auckland Island
(Leucocarbo colensoi)
Nematoda
Acanthocephala
Contracaecum spiculigerum
Cosmocephalus sp
Filocapsularia piscium
Streptocara cirrohamata
Corynosoma clavatum
1
1
I
I
1
Shag, Black
(Phalacrocorax carbo)
Shag, Campbell Island
(Leucocarbo campbelli)
Nematoda
Contracaecum spiculigerum
Eustrongylides sp
I
Hedruris spinigera
I
1
Nematoda
contracaecum spiculigerum
I
Nematoda
contraecum spiculigerum
Cosmocephalus jaenschi
1
I
Contracaecum spiculigerum
Filocapsularia piscium
I
I
contracaecum spiculigerum
1
1
Shag, Little
(Phalacrocorax melanoleucos brevirostris)
Shag, Macquarie Island
(Leucocarbo atriceps
purpurascens)
Nematoda
Shag, Spotted
(Stictocarbo punctatus punctatus)
Nematoda
Eustrongylides
SQ
Shoveler, New Zealand
(Anas rhynchotis variegata)
Trematoda
Catatropis sp
Dendritobilharzia pulverulenta
Echinoparyphium recurvatum
Silvereye
(Zosterops lateralislateralis)
I
15
I
Echinostoma revolutum
I
Notocotylus gippyensis
Ornithobilharzia sp
I
I
Psilochasmus oxyurus
Trichbilharzia ocellata
Typhocoelum cucumerinum
1
13
1
Nematoda
Protozoa
Syngamus trachea
Atoxoplasma paddae
I
43
Protozoa
Haemoproteus danilewsky
Plasmodium sp
7
7
Protoza
Giardia sp
6
Skylark
(Alauda arvensis)
Sparrow, Hedge
(Prunella modularis)
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Parasite
Reference
Protozoa
Atoxoplasma sp?
Cryptosporidium sp
Giardia sp
Plasmodium relictum
16
6
6
7
Nematoda
Protozoa
Syngamus trachea
Nematoda
Cestoda
Trematoda
Capillaria sp
Diplophallus polymorphus
acanthoparyphium sp
Sparrow, House
(Passer domesticus)
Starling
(Sturnus
vulgaris)
Cryptosporidium sp
I
6
Stilt, Black
(Himantopus novaezelandiae)
Protozoa
C a t a t r o p i s Sp
43
34
44
43
Cotylurus sp
Giardia sp
44
44
sp
44
44
44
44
Stilt, Pied
(Himantopus
himantopus)
Nematoda
Cestoda
Trematoda
Acanthocephala
Capillaria
Diplophallus polymorphus
Acanthoparyphium sp
Catatropis sp
U v i t e l l i n a sp
Wardianum sp
Polymorphus sp
44
34
33
Swan, Black
(Cygnus atratus)
Nematoda
Cestoda
Trematoda
Amidostomum sp
Capillaria sp
Pectinospirura sp
Nematoparataenia paradoxa
Cotylurus sp?
D e n d r i t o b i l h a r z i a pulverulenta
Echinoparyphium recurvatum
Hyptiasmus magnus
Psilochasmus
oxyurus
I
I
I
I
I
15
I
I
1
Swan, Mute
(Cygnus o l o r )
Trematoda
Dendritobilharzia pulverulenta
Nematoda
Capillaria sp
Porrocaecum ensicaudatum
Anomotaenia verulamii
Aploparaksis dujardinii
15
Thrush, Song
(Turdus philomelos)
Cestoda
Dilepis
undulata
I
5
1
1
I
6
6
7
7
Protozoa
Cryptosporidium sp
Giardia sp
Haemoproteus danilewsky
Plasmodium relictum
Nematoda
Ascaridia sp
I
Heterakis g a l l i n a r u m
1
Turkey, Domestic
(Meleagris gallopavo)
Protozoa
Eimeria meleagridis
Eimeria meleagrimitis
Histomonas meleagridis
35
35
45
Protozoa
Atoxoplasma
43
Nematoda
Capillaria
Weka, Stewart Island
(Gallirallus australis scotti)
paddae
Yellowhammer
(Emberiza
citrinella)
emberizae
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