Twelve chewing lice species were identified in Parque Zoológico Municipal Quinzinho de Barros, Sorocaba and Fundação Jardim Zoológico, Rio de Janeiro. The parasites found were: Ciconiphilus pectiniventris in Cygnus atratus (Anseriformes, Anatidae); Kurodaia sp. in Buteo albicaudatus (Falconiformes, Accipitridae); Degeeriella sp. in Falco sparverius (Falconiformes, Falconidae); Colpocephalum sp. and Goniocotes parviceps in Pavo cristatus (Galliformes, Phasianidae); Goniodes pavonis in Rhea americana (Rheiformes, Rheidae); Colpocephalum cristatae and Heptapsogaster sp. in Cariama cristata (Gruiformes, Cariamidae); Austrophilopterus cancellosus in Ramphastos dicolorus (Piciformes, Ramphastidae); Strigiphilus crucigerus in Otus choliba (Strigiformes, Strigidae); Kurodaia sp. in Rhinoptynx clamator (Strigiformes, Strigidae) and Colpocephalum pectinatum in Speotyto cunicularia (Strigiformes, Strigidae). The host-lice relationships are new in Strigiformes in Brazil.
Chewing lice; Colpocephalum cristatae; host-lice relationship