Seriemas (Cariamidae) include two extant species, Cariama cristata and Chunga burmeisteri, which live in semi-open plains of South America and have a poorly documented evolutionary history. One of the earliest fossil ...

The extant seriemas are long-legged cursorial birds which represent surviving relicts in South America of an early gruiform radiation within the suborder Cariamae. Phorusrhacids, idiornithids, and bathornithids are also ...

We studied a collection of lice from Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Chile containing all four known species and one new species (described herein) in the genus Tinamotaecola, parasites of birds of the families Cariamidae ...

Birds represent a large part of the animals associated to illegal trade and commerce in Brazil, mainly due to some characteristics as song and feathers colors. Nowadays, genetic analyses comprehend one of the most efficient ...

Malófagos (Phthiraptera, Amblycera, Ischnocera) em aves cativas no sudeste do Brasil. Foram identificadas 12 espécies de malófagos no Parque Zoológico Municipal Quinzinho de Barros, Sorocaba e Fundação Jardim Zoológico, Rio ...