Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Columbicola macrourae
piojo, louse
ectoparasite
found on Zenaida galapagoensis (Galapagos Dove) and Buteo galapagoensis (Galapagos Hawk)
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Psocodea
Suborder
Troctomorpha
Family
Philopteridae
Genus
Columbicola
Species
macrourae
Taxon category: Accepted
Synonyms: Lipeurus baculus (Kellogg & Kuwana, 1902); Columbicola columbae (Thompson, 1939); Esthiopterum macrourae (Wilson, 1941)
Distribution: Española, Fernandina, Floreana, Genovesa, Isabela, Marchena, Pinta, San Cristóbal, Santa Cruz, Santa Fé, and Santiago
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- Palma, R.L. Peck, S.B. (2013) An annotated checklist of parasitic lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) from the Galápagos Islands Zootaxa 3627 (1): 001–087
- Parker, P.G. Whiteman, N.K., & Miller, R.E. (2006) Conservation medicine on the Galápagos Islands: partnerships among behavioral, population, and veterinarian scientists. The Auk 123(3): 625-638.
- Santiago-Alarcon, D. Whiteman, N.K., Parker, P.G., Ricklefs, R.E. & Valkiūnas, G. (2008) Patterns of parasite abundance and distribution in island populations of Galápagos endemic birds. Journal of Parasitology 94(3): 584–590.
- Whiteman, N.K. Santiago-Alarcon, D. (2004) Differences in straggling rates between two genera of dove lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) reinforce population genetic and cophylogenetic patterns. International Journal for Parasitology 34: 1113-1119.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Columbicola macrourae", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=12348. Accessed 3 November 2026.