ABSTRACT

The helminth fauna of 113 wild pigeons, (Columba livia Gmelin, 1789), in the Bursa Provence was investigated. As a result of the investigation 3 helminth species were detected. These were Capillaria columbae (Gmelin, 1789), Ascaridia columbae (Gmelin, 1790) (Nemathelminthes) and Raillietina echinobothrida (Megnin, 1881) (Cestoda).

Keywords: Pigeon, Nematoda, Baruscapillaria obsignata, Ascaridia columbae, Raillietina echinobothrida