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Birds are the terrestrial / arboreal / aerial and aquatic vertebrates that share their life with human beings. The peculiarity of bird travelling in a few hours across the national and international lines is quite astonishing for a man. As a whole, billions of the birds travel between continents twice a year in only a few weeks’ time. Birds are the source of dissemination of parasites, causing fatal diseases as they harbor both micro as well as macro parasites and have also been reported to be infected with numerous pathogens. Helminths are eukaryotic that live and forage within the living host, receiving nourishment and shelter while disrupting the physiological and ecological aspects which ultimately affects the health of host. So for the taxonomic values are concerned, helminthes have been grouped into: cestodes (tapeworm), trematodes (flukes), nematodes (roundworm) and acanthocephalan (thorny headed- worm). The name Sturnidae comes from the Latin word for Starling, Sturnus. Many Asian species, particularly the larger ones, are locally called as mynas and many African species are known as glossy starlings because of their iridescent plumage. Starlings are native to many different continents as well as countries which includes; Europe, Asia, Africa, Northern Australia and Islands of tropical Pacific. Their preferred habitat is fairly open country, and they eat insects and fruits. Several species live around human habitation and are effectively omnivores. They act as host of various parasites such as; nematodes, trematodes, cestodes and acanthocephalan. During the present studies on the helminth parasites of Family Sturnidae of District Larkana, a total of 240 hosts were examined. Present studies reflect some new helminths in addition to the already reported from the different host species of Family Sturnidae. It was found that the prevalence of the nematodes (46.45 %) was highest followed by trematodes (37.67 %) and cestodes (15.58 %) respectively. The minimum prevalence (0.28 %) was found for the acanthocephalan. Among the helminths only 29 species have been identified viz: 09 species of nematodes, 10 species of trematodes, 09 species of cestodes and 01 species of acanthocephalan are reported.
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