Ornithonyssus bursa — The Life Data

Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Mesostigmata/Macronyssidae/Ornithonyssus

At a glance

Occurrence records381

Data sources5

Biological traits0

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources5 archives

Databases and archives Ornithonyssus bursa's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility381 records↗

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GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Occurrence & distributionGBIF381 records

01Narrative

Ornithonyssus bursa (also known as the tropical fowl mite) is a species of mite.Denmark, H. A., & Cromroy, H. L. (2012). Tropical Fowl Mite, Ornithonyssus bursa (Berlese)(Arachnida: Acari: Macronyssidae). University of Florida. Fact Sheet EENY-297. It is most often a parasite of birds, but also has been found to bite humans and two species of mammals. It usually lives in birds' feathers, but for laying its eggs, it more often uses their nests rather than their feathers. Tropical fowl mites undergo five stages during their development: egg, larva, protonymph, deutonymph, and adult. During the last two stages, they suck blood from their host for food. They are often diurnal, whereas northern fowl mites are nocturnal in nature.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

No structured trait data for this taxon yet.

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type381 records

Wild obs. + sensor2

Museum / vouchered379

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO448 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 1

2 georeferenced

Open the mapobservation + sensor2

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy91% within 1 km

≤100 m 50≤1 km 25≤10 km 7

82 georeferenced · 297 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence379

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions2 of 8 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
DPIlocation not on record	123
Natick, US	88
Ohio State University Acarology Laboratory, Columbus, OH (OSAL)location not on record	68
Harold Winfred Manter Laboratory of Parasitologylocation not on record	14
Royal Museum for Central Africalocation not on record	4
Sydney, AU	2
Western Australian Museumlocation not on record	1
QVMAGlocation not on record	1

8 institutions · 301 of 379 vouchered records shown · 78 without an institution code