Parasitic Helminths Obtained from the Alimentary Tracts of Wild Birds in the Chubu District, Japan

Abstract

From 1999 to 2007, one trematode, one cestode, 23 nematode, and two acanthocephalan species were collected from the alimentary tracts of 21 wild birds belonging to 19 species from Chubu District, Japan. Eight nematode and two acanthocephalan species were identified to the species level. Porrocaecum ensicaudatum was collected from White's thrushes (Zoothera dauma) in Kanagawa and Komatsu Cities, which is a new host record for this helminth species, and the first record of this parasite in Japan. Two other new host records were also obtained: Thominx tenuissima from a Sunda scops owl (Otus lempiji) in Komatsu City, and Dispharynx emberizae from a White's thrush in Kanazawa City.