RICHARD SCHODDE, J. V. REMSEN, JR. , ERIN E. SCHIRTZINGER, LEO JOSEPH & TIMOTHY F. WRIGHT Australian National Wildlife Collection, CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences, GPO Box 1700, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia Museum of Natural Science & Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Department of Biology, New Mexico State Univer...

Five new species of the feather mite genus Protolichus Trouessart, 1884 (Astigmata, Pterolichidae) are described from parrots of the subfamily Loriinae (Psittaciformes: Psittacidae): Protolichus ornatus sp. n. from Trichoglossus ornatus (Linnaeus, 1758), P. lorinus sp. n. from Lorius lory (Linnaeus, 1758), P. placentis sp. n. from Charmosyna placentis (Temminck, 1835), P. pulchellae sp. n. from...

This article deals with the first, Megabacteriosis, which has been diagnosed in many bird species, including Budgerigars, Cockatiels, Grass Parakeets, Rosellas, Lovebirds, and Ostriches. Listed in a report in 1994 were 17 species of Psittacines and nine species of Passerines in which Megabacteria had been demonstrated. It has been suggested that the condition was introduced to exhibition budger...

BACKGROUND Avian bornaviruses are a genetically diverse group of viruses initially discovered in 2008. They are known to infect several avian orders. Bornaviruses of parrots and related species (Psittaciformes) are causative agents of proventricular dilatation disease, a chronic and often fatal neurologic disease widely distributed in captive psittacine populations. Although knowledge has consi...

Parrots (order: Psittaciformes) are the most common captive birds and have attracted human fascination since ancient times because of their remarkable intelligence and ability to imitate human speech. However, their genome organization, evolution and genomic relation with other birds are poorly understood. Chromosome painting with DNA probes derived from the flow-sorted macrochromosomes (1-10) ...