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Seabird Tick

Ixodes uriae

Classification

Order
Ixodida
Family
Ixodidae

Ixodes uriae, also known as the seabird tick, is a species of parasitic tick known to infest marine birds. It is native to many high latitude areas in the northern and southern hemispheres including Alaska, Canada, Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, England, Scotland, Norway, Finland, the Kola Peninsula, Russia, Patagonia, South Africa and Australia. Life cycle A study examined the life cycle of the tick in colonies of king penguin and macaroni penguin.

Distribution

Wim Langbroek · CC BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 58Norway · 4