Parasites Found in a Rough-legged Buzzard, <i>Buteo lagopus</i> (Pontoppidan, 1763) Collected at Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan

Abstract

A young male Rough-legged Buzzard, Buteo lagopus, was found debilitated at Rausu, Hokkaido, Japan on 16 December, 2013 and died shortly after transport to the shelter. A post-mortem revealed emaciation, chest pressure ulceration, sternal fracture, and claw damage suggesting the malnutrition. Nematodes of Capillariidae gen. sp. and Porrocaecum sp., and cestode of Cyclophyllidea fam. gen. sp. were detected in the alimentary tract. Also chewing lice, Degeeriella fulva, were found on the body surface. This is the first record of D. fulva from B. lagopus in eastern Hokkaido, and the first record of Capillariidae gen. sp. and Cyclophyllidea fam. gen. sp. from B. lagopus in Japan.