Ornithomya avicularia (Linnaeus, 1758)
(a flat fly)

Interactions where Ornithomya avicularia is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season
imago		imago ectoparasitises			ACCIPITRIFORMES	ospreys, hawks, kites, eagles, vultures		Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Ornithomya avicularia/	Ornithomya avicularia	a flat fly				imago	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Accipitriformes/	Accipitriformes	ospreys, hawks, kites, eagles, vultures
imago		imago ectoparasitises			ANSERIFORMES	ducks, geese, mergansers and swans, waterfowl		Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Ornithomya avicularia/	Ornithomya avicularia	a flat fly				imago	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Anseriformes/	Anseriformes	ducks, geese, mergansers and swans, waterfowl
imago		imago ectoparasitises			CAPRIMULGIFORMES	nightjars		Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Ornithomya avicularia/	Ornithomya avicularia	a flat fly				imago	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Caprimulgiformes/	Caprimulgiformes	nightjars
imago		imago ectoparasitises			CHARADRIIFORMES	plovers and sea birds		Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Ornithomya avicularia/	Ornithomya avicularia	a flat fly				imago	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Charadriiformes/	Charadriiformes	plovers and sea birds
imago		imago ectoparasitises			CICONIIFORMES	herons, spoonbills and storks		Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Ornithomya avicularia/	Ornithomya avicularia	a flat fly				imago	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Ciconiiformes/	Ciconiiformes	herons, spoonbills and storks
imago		imago ectoparasitises			COLUMBIFORMES	pigeons and doves		Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Ornithomya avicularia/	Ornithomya avicularia	a flat fly				imago	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Columbiformes/	Columbiformes	pigeons and doves
imago		imago ectoparasitises			CUCULIFORMES	cuckoos		Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Ornithomya avicularia/	Ornithomya avicularia	a flat fly				imago	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Cuculiformes/	Cuculiformes	cuckoos
imago		imago ectoparasitises			FALCONIFORMES	kestrels and falcons		Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Ornithomya avicularia/	Ornithomya avicularia	a flat fly				imago	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Falconiformes/	Falconiformes	kestrels and falcons
imago		imago ectoparasitises			GALLIFORMES	game birds		Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Ornithomya avicularia/	Ornithomya avicularia	a flat fly				imago	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Galliformes/	Galliformes	game birds
imago		imago ectoparasitises			GRUIFORMES	bustards, cranes and rails		Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Ornithomya avicularia/	Ornithomya avicularia	a flat fly				imago	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Gruiformes/	Gruiformes	bustards, cranes and rails
imago		imago ectoparasitises			PASSERIFORMES	perching birds		Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Ornithomya avicularia/	Ornithomya avicularia	a flat fly				imago	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/	Passeriformes	perching birds
imago		imago ectoparasitises			Chloris chloris	Greenfinch, European Greenfinch	Passeriformes: Fringillidae	Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Ornithomya avicularia/	Ornithomya avicularia	a flat fly				imago	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Fringillidae/Chloris chloris/	Chloris chloris	greenfinch, european greenfinch
imago		imago ectoparasitises			Sturnus vulgaris	Starling, Common Starling	Passeriformes: Sturnidae	Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Ornithomya avicularia/	Ornithomya avicularia	a flat fly				imago	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Sturnidae/Sturnus vulgaris/	Sturnus vulgaris	starling, common starling
imago		imago ectoparasitises			Turdus	thrushes	Passeriformes: Turdidae	Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Ornithomya avicularia/	Ornithomya avicularia	a flat fly				imago	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Turdidae/Turdus/	Turdus	thrushes
imago		imago ectoparasitises			PICIFORMES	woodpeckers etc.		Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Ornithomya avicularia/	Ornithomya avicularia	a flat fly				imago	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Piciformes/	Piciformes	woodpeckers etc.
imago		imago ectoparasitises			STRIGIFORMES	owls		Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Ornithomya avicularia/	Ornithomya avicularia	a flat fly				imago	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Strigiformes/	Strigiformes	owls

Interactions where Ornithomya avicularia is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Filters:

Affected Part		Summary			Taxon	Vernacular	Classification	References	Darwin Classification of Active Taxon	Active Taxon	Active Vernacular	Active Taxon Uncertain	Active State	Active Part	Active Stage	Relationship	Relationship Uncertain	Relationship Geography	Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon	Passive Taxon	Passive Vernacular	Passive Taxon Uncertain	Passive State	Passive Part	Passive Stage	Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon	Indoors etc	Season	Summary
		may give a ride to			Brueelia marginata	a feather louse	Phthiraptera	Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Phthiraptera/Brueelia marginata/	Brueelia marginata	a feather louse					Animal / phoresy		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Ornithomya avicularia/	Ornithomya avicularia	a flat fly								hitches a ride on

Author & Year	Title	Source
Hutson, A.M., 1984	Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae)	Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects , Vol 10. Part 7, 40pp, The Royal Entomological Society of London

Ornithomya avicularia (a flat fly) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

Ornithomya avicularia (a flat fly) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Species	Ornithomya avicularia (a flat fly)
Genus	Ornithomya (a genus of flat flies)
Family	HIPPOBOSCIDAE (“Forest” flies, flat flies, bird flies, keds)
Superfamily	HIPPOBOSCOIDEA (bat flies and flat flies)
Infraorder	Schizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
Order	DIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division	Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
Infraclass	Neoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
Subclass	PTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
Class	INSECTA (true insects)
Subphylum	HEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

Ornithomya avicularia is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ornithomya avicularia (a flat fly)

Ornithomya avicularia (a flat fly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Ornithomya
(a genus of flat flies)

HIPPOBOSCIDAE
(“Forest” flies, flat flies, bird flies, keds)

HIPPOBOSCOIDEA
(bat flies and flat flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Ornithomya avicularia (a flat fly):

Ornithomya
(a genus of flat flies)

HIPPOBOSCIDAE
(“Forest” flies, flat flies, bird flies, keds)

HIPPOBOSCOIDEA
(bat flies and flat flies)

DIPTERA
(two-winged flies)

PTERYGOTA
(bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)

INSECTA
(true insects)

HEXAPODA
(insects and other 6-legged organisms)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

EUMETAZOA
(metazoans)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

Invertebrates
(Invertebrates)

BioImages

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