As one of ecological surveys of alien avian species in Japan, internal and external parasites of 4 individuals of Hwamei
Garrulax canorus and 4 individuals of Red-billed Leiothrix
Leiothrix lutea collected in Kanagawa, Tokyo, and Fukuoka Prefs., Japan during from July 1999to November 2001, were investigated.
Ornithoica bistativa,
Ornithomya avicularia cf.
aobatoensis,
Haemaphysalis flava and
Centrorhynchus turdi were obtained from Hwamei, and
Ornithonyssus sylvialum and
Anonchotaenia sp, were obtained from the Leiothrixes, respectively. All of these external parasites and the acanthocephalan species are newly recorded from these two avian species in Japan.
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