<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>An adult Collyriclum faba was found in a cutaneous cyst at the base of the lower mandible in a blue-gray tanager (Thraupis episcopus, Thraupidae) examined in the Zona Protectora Las Tablas, Costa Rica on 18 August 2010. A total of 1878 birds belonging to 217 species were examined in the country during 2004, 2009, and 2010. C. faba was found for the first time in blue-gray tanager and for the first time in Costa Rica as well.</p></abstract>

An adult Collyriclum faba was found in a cutaneous cyst at the base of the lower mandible in a blue-gray tanager (Thraupis episcopus, Thraupidae) examined in the Zona Protectora Las Tablas, Costa Rica on 18 August 2010. A total of 1878 birds belonging to 217 species were examined in the country during 2004, 2009, and 2010. C. faba was found for the first time in blue-gray tanager and for the first time in Costa Rica as well.

Cutaneous trematode Collyriclum faba in wild birds in Costa Rica

Department of Biology and Wildlife Diseases, Faculty of Veterinary Hygiene and Ecology, University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Palackého 1-3, 612 42, Brno, Czech Republic

Comenius Museum, Moravian Ornithological Station, Horní nám. 1, 751 52, Přerov, Czech Republic

Institute of Vertebrate Biology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, v. v. i., Květná 8, 603 65, Brno, Czech Republic

Helminthologia

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An adult Collyriclum faba was found in a cutaneous cyst at the base of the lower mandible in a blue-gray tanager (Thraupis episcopus, Thraupidae) examined in...

Cutaneous trematode Collyriclum faba in wild birds in Costa Rica

Published Online: Oct 30, 2011

Page range: 288 - 289

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/s11687-011-0040-4

© 2011 Institute of Parasitology, SAS, Košice, Slovakia

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