Australian Biological Resources Study

Australian Faunal Directory

Species Echidnophaga gallinacea (Westwood, 1875)

Museums

Regional Maps

Species Echidnophaga gallinacea (Westwood, 1875)

 

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Victoria, Western Australia


Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan parasite of domestic poultry.


Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.
IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)
drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

  • Australia
    • Australian Capital Territory
    • New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin
    • Northern Territory: N coastal
    • Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, NE coastal
    • South Australia: S Gulfs, W plateau
    • Victoria: Murray-Darling basin
    • Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Ectoparasitic (host(s): Gallus gallus (Linnaeus, 1758) [PHASIANIDAE] Red Junglefowl; Columba (Columba) livia Gmelin, 1789 [COLUMBIDAE] Rock Dove; Ocyphaps lophotes (Temminck, 1822) [COLUMBIDAE] Crested Pigeon; Manorina melanocephala (Latham, 1801) [MELIPHAGIDAE] Noisy Miner; Cracticus tibicen (Latham, 1801) [ARTAMIDAE] Australian Magpie; Pomatostomus (Pomatostomus) temporalis (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) [POMATOSTOMIDAE] Grey-crowned Babbler; Cheramoeca leucosterna (Gould, 1841) [HIRUNDINIDAE] White-backed Swallow; Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792) [TACHYGLOSSIDAE] Short-beaked Echidna; Bettongia lesueur (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) [POTOROIDAE] Burrowing Bettong; Macrotis lagotis (Reid, 1837) [THYLACOMYIDAE] Bilby; Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr, 1792) [PHALANGERIDAE] Common Brushtail Possum; Phascogale tapoatafa (Meyer, 1793) [DASYURIDAE] Brush-tailed Phascogale; Myrmecobius fasciatus Waterhouse, 1836 [MYRMECOBIIDAE] Numbat; Bos (Bos) taurus Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] European Cattle; Capra hircus Linnaeus, 1758 [BOVIDAE] Goat; Equus (Equus) caballus Linnaeus, 1758 [EQUIDAE] Horse; Leporillus conditor (Sturt, 1848) [MURIDAE] Greater Stick-nest Rat; Oryctolagus cuniculus (Linnaeus, 1758) [LEPORIDAE] Rabbit; Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) [MURIDAE] Black Rat; Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769) [MURIDAE] Brown Rat; Felis catus Linnaeus, 1758 [FELIDAE] Cat; Canis lupus familiaris Linaeus, 1758 [CANIDAE] Domestic Dog; Homo sapiens Linnaeus, 1758 [HOMINIDAE] Human), sanguinivore (host(s): Rattus lutreolus (J.E. Gray, 1841) [MURIDAE] Swamp Rat).

Extra Ecological Information

Also, [Aves: Passeridae] sparrow, [Aves: Strigidae] owl, [Aves: Anatidae] duck, preferred hosts gallinaceous birds.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
11-Jan-2013 MODIFIED