The helminth parasites of the sheathbill, Chionis alba (Gmelin), and the diving petrels, Pelecanoides georgicus (Murphy and Harper) and P. urinatrix (Gmelin), at Bird Island, South Georgia

• Published in: Journal of Helminthology
• Main Authors: Williams, I.C., Jones, N.V., Payne, M.J., Ellis, C.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Cambridge University Press 1974
• Subjects: Biology and Microbiology; Antarctic; The Antarctic; Bird Island; Harper; Chionis; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/525969/; https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022149X00022835

Twelve sheathbills, Chionis alba, 12 South Georgian diving petrels, Pelecanoides georgicus, and 5 common diving petrels, P. urinatrix, collected at Bird Island, South Georgia, were examined for helminth parasites. These appear to be the first helminthological examinations of birds from South Georgia...