ABSTRACT
This article reports, for the first time in Brazil, the occurrence of the louse Ciconiphilus decimfasciatus parasitizing the great egret (Casmerodius albus) from the state of Rio Grande do Sul, southern Brazil.
KEY WORDS
Ciconiphilus decimfasciatus
;
Casmerodius albus
; louse; great egret; Ciconiiformes; Phthiraptera