Making some reseach in wild birds parasites I found these eggs in feces samples.
Birds hosts:
A - Asio otus [ long-eared owl ]
B - Athene noctua [ little owl ]
C - Aquila pennata [ booted eagle ]
D - Milvus migrans [ black kite ]
E - Buteo buteo [ common buzzard ]
F - Athene noctua [little owl ]
I thinks they're all the same kind of egg, they're very similar in morphology and size.
Thank you, in advance, for your kind help!
Hi dear, all of these are mite eggs. They are pretty common in animals that feeds on rodents, like the "hosts" you mentioned. They are considerated to be pseudoparasites of them.
Hi dear, all of these are mite eggs. They are pretty common in animals that feeds on rodents, like the "hosts" you mentioned. They are considerated to be pseudoparasites of them.
Thank you, Carolina! Do you know what species of mites? Is it possible to know?
At least for me, it is really hard to know which mite species you are dealing with just with the eggs. If you have accsses to the rodent and consequently to the adults, maybe you can identify them.
The egg you are showing looks very like that of Trichostronglus spp. eg. (T. tenuis)
Hi,
could you add a reference scale to your photo. It might help!
Cheers.
Paolo
By your Question that you removed the eggs from some bird during the scanning process for parasites that certain of the eggs is kind of isolated host can continue parasites and parasite types getting to goal achievement
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