Table 2.

Orders, scientific names, common names, numbers examined, positive numbers, and intestinal parasites found in zoo birds.

Order	Scientific name	Common name	No. examined	No. positive	Parasites
Anseriformes	Anas crecca	Common Teal	1*	0
	Anser albifrons	Greater White-fronted Goose	1*	1	Strongyles-Capillarids
	Anser cygnoides	Swan Goose	1*	1	Strongyles-Capillarids
	Anser indicus	Bar-headed Goose	1	1	Strongyles-Capillarids
	Brantacanadensis	Canada Goose	1*	1	Strongyles-Capillarids
	Cereopsis novaehollandiae	Cape Barren Goose	2 (1*)	2	Strongyles-Capillarids
	Coscoroba coscoroba	Coscoroba Swan	2 (1*)	2	Strongyles-Capillarids
	Cygnus atratus	Black Swan	1*	0
	Netta rufina	Red-crested Pochard	1	0
Casuariiformes	Dromaius novaehollandiae	Emu	2*	2	Coccidia
Ciconiiformes	Egretta garzetta	Little Egret	2 (1*)	1	Strongyles
	Eudocimus ruber	Scarlet Ibis	4 (2*)	2	Strongyles
	Ciconia ciconia	White Stork	4 (1*)	2	Porrocaecum
	Nycticorax nycticorax	Black-crowned Night-heron	2 (1*)	1	Strongyles
	Threskiornis aethiopicus	Sacred Ibis	3 (1*)	2	Porrocaecum
Coraciiformes	Dacelo novaeguineae	Laughing Kookaburra	2 (1*)	0
Falconiformes	Parabuteo unicinctus	Harris's Hawk	1*	0
Galliformes	Lophura swinhoii	Swinhoe's Pheasant	1*	0
	Pavo cristatus	Peafowl	10 (7*)	5	Strongyles-Capillarids
Gruiformes	Anthropoides virgo	Demoiselle Crane	1*	1	Porrocaecum-Capillarids
	Balearica regulorum	Grey Crowned Crane	2	2	Porrocaecum-Capillarids
Passeriformes	Corvus monedula	Jackdaw	1*	1	Strongyles
Pelecaniformes	Pelecanus onocrotalus	Great White Pelican	3*	0
	Phalacrocorax carbo	Great Cormorant	2	0
Psittaciformes	Amazona aestiva	Blue-fronted Amazon	6 (5*)	2	G. duodenalis Ass# A (1), Cryptosporidium sp (1)
	Amazona ochrocephala	Yellow-crowned Amazon	2	0
	Ara ararauna	Blue-and-yellow Macaw	4*	1	G. duodenalis Ass A
	Ara chloroptera	Green-winked Macaw	2 (1*)	0
	Ara macao	Scarlet Macaw	2 (1*)	2	Strongyles (1),  G. duodenalis AssA (1)
	Aratinga leucophthalmus	White-eyed Conure	2 (1*)	0
	Nymphicus hollandicus	Cockatiel	2 (1*)	0
	Platycercus eximius	Eastern Rosella	1*	1	Cryptosporidium sp
	Psittacula eupatria	Alexandrine Parakeet	2*	1	Cryptosporidium sp
Rheiformes	Rhea americana	Greater Rhea	2*	0
Strigiformes	Bubo africanus	Spotted Eagle-owl	1	1	Strongyles
	Bubo bengalensis	Indian Eagle-owl	1*	0
	Bubo bubo	Eurasian Eagle-owl	3 (2*)	1§	Oxyurids§
	Tyto alba	Barn Owl	1*	0
Struthioniformes	Struthio camelus	Ostrich	1	0
Total			83 (52*)	35

*Number of birds examined for Cryptosporidium species and G. duodenalis genotypes; ^#Assemblage; ^§Spurious parasites were not included in the total count.