During a routine examination of a female Cooper's hawk (Accipiter cooperii) nematodes were found in the thoracic air sacs. A total of 12 females and nine males were recovered and identified as Serratospiculoides amaculata. This is the first record of this parasite found in a raptor, other than a falcon, in North America.
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1 April 1988
Serratospiculoides amaculata in a Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii)
Mauritz C. Sterner,
Rolando H. Espinosa
Journal of Wildlife Diseases
Vol. 24 • No. 2
April 1988
Vol. 24 • No. 2
April 1988
Accipiter cooperii
air sacs
Cooper's Hawk
Montana
Seratospiculoides amaculata
Serratospiculum amaculata