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Lice can be easily removed from dead birds by shaking and/or washing the bird
with hot water.
To collect lice from live birds, the use of a mild
pet insecticide (e.g. “Nuvan”) is recommended. After spraying the
plumage, wait for 2 - 3 minutes and then gently ruffle the feathers over
a white tray or plastic sheet to collect the lice which fall from the feathers.
Please, pick up the lice with a fine-tip brush wet in alcohol and fix them
in alcohol 70% (ethanol or methanol, but not formalin); place label with
name of host and collecting data inside tube or vial, and pack well with
enough cushion material to withstand rough treatment by postal services.
List of bird species
which breed in the New Zealand region but with no lice
collected from them
in the region:
(* denotes a bird introduced to New Zealand by human agency)
Tachybaptus novaehollandiae
(Stephens, 1826). Australasian Little Grebe
Pelecanoides georgicus
(Murphy & Harper, 1916). South Georgian Diving Petrel
Pygoscelis papua (Forster,
1781). Northern Gentoo Penguin
Pygoscelis antarctica
(Forster, 1781). Chinstrap Penguin
*Cereopsis novaehollandiae
(Latham, 1801). Cape Barren Goose
*Alectoris rufa (Linnaeus,
1758). Red-legged Partridge
*Numida meleagris (Linnaeus,
1758). Tufted Guineafowl
Rallus pectoralis muelleri
(Rothschild, 1893). Auckland Island Rail
Charadrius melanops Vieillot,
1818. Black-fronted Dotterel
Sterna nereis davisae
(Mathews & Iredale, 1913). New Zealand Fairy tern
*Streptopelia roseogrisea
(Sundevall, 1857). Barbary Dove
*Streptopelia chinensis
tigrina (Temminck, 1810). Spotted Dove
*Platycercus elegans
(Gmelin, 1788). Crimson Rosella
*Platycercus eximius
(Shaw, 1792). Eastern Rosella
*Dacelo novaeguineae
(Hermann, 1783). Kookaburra
Xenicus gilviventris
(Pelzeln, 1867). Rock Wren
Hirundo tahitica neoxena
(Gould, 1843).Welcome Swallow
Mohoua ochrocephala (Gmelin,
1789). Yellowhead
Mohoua novaeseelandiae
(Gmelin, 1789). Brown Creeper
Gerygone albofrontata
(Gray, 1844). Chatham Island Warbler
Petroica traversi (Buller,
1872). Black Robin
*Emberiza cirlus (Linnaeus,
1766).Cirl Bunting
*Fringilla coelebs (Linnaeus,
1758). Chaffinch
*Carduelis flammea (Linnaeus,
1758) Redpoll |
