تسجيل جديد لنوعين من شريطيات جنس Choanotaenia متطفلة على نوعين من الطيور المائية في البصرة، العراق

الملخص EN

out of 189 birds of White-tailed Plover (Chettusia leucura), and 16 birds of Black-winged Stilt ( Himantopus himantopus) were collected from AL-Anbari region which occupied on Shatt AL-Arab coast north of Basrah province.

These birds were examined for helminth parasites.

Found that 171 of the birds White-tailed Plover were found infected with cestode Choanotaenia baicalensis and 12 birds of Black-winged Stilt were found infected with cestode species Choanotaenia sp.

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These parasites were recorded for the first time in Iraq in the present investigation.