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Cutaneous trematode Collyriclum faba in wild birds in Costa Rica


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An adult Collyriclum faba was found in a cutaneous cyst at the base of the lower mandible in a blue-gray tanager (Thraupis episcopus, Thraupidae) examined in the Zona Protectora Las Tablas, Costa Rica on 18 August 2010. A total of 1878 birds belonging to 217 species were examined in the country during 2004, 2009, and 2010. C. faba was found for the first time in blue-gray tanager and for the first time in Costa Rica as well.

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1336-9083
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0440-6605
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Ciencias de la vida, Zoología, Ecología, otros, Medicina, Medicina Clínica, Microbiología, virología y epidemiología