Prevalence, Habitat Selection, and Biology of Protocalliphora (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Found in Nests of Mountain and Chestnut-backed Chickadees in California

Clifford S. Gold and Donald L. Dahlsten

Hilgardia, 1989, vol. 57, issue 2

Abstract: Flies in the genus Protocalliphora are important nest parasites of chestnut-backed and mountain chickadees in El Dorado County and Modoc County, California. An undescribed Protocalliphora species was the predominant parasite at each site. Infestation rates of chickadee nests in nestboxes exceeded 95% in El Dorado County and 92% in Modoc County; a maximum of 273 larvae were recovered from a single nest. In contrast, only one of 84 chickadee nests was infested in Contra Costa County nestboxes.

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Date: 1989
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