Ornithomya fringillina Curtis, 1836
(a flat fly)

Interactions where Ornithomya fringillina 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			PASSERIFORMES	perching birds		Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Ornithomya fringillina/	Ornithomya fringillina	a flat fly				imago	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/	Passeriformes	perching birds
imago		imago ectoparasitises			EMBERIZIDAE	buntings	Passeriformes	Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Ornithomya fringillina/	Ornithomya fringillina	a flat fly				imago	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Emberizidae/	Emberizidae	buntings					Major
imago		imago ectoparasitises			FRINGILLIDAE	finches and crossbills	Passeriformes	Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Ornithomya fringillina/	Ornithomya fringillina	a flat fly				imago	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Fringillidae/	Fringillidae	finches and crossbills					Major
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 fringillina/	Ornithomya fringillina	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			MOTACILLIDAE	wagtails and pipits	Passeriformes	Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Ornithomya fringillina/	Ornithomya fringillina	a flat fly				imago	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Motacillidae/	Motacillidae	wagtails and pipits					Major
imago		imago ectoparasitises			MUSCICAPIDAE	flycatchers	Passeriformes	Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Ornithomya fringillina/	Ornithomya fringillina	a flat fly				imago	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Muscicapidae/	Muscicapidae	flycatchers					Major
imago		imago ectoparasitises			PRUNELLIDAE	accentors	Passeriformes	Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Ornithomya fringillina/	Ornithomya fringillina	a flat fly				imago	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Prunellidae/	Prunellidae	accentors					Major
imago		imago ectoparasitises			TURDIDAE	nightingales, thrushes and wheatears	Passeriformes	Keds, Flat-Flies and Bat-Flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae and Nycteribiidae), Hutson, A.M., 1984	/Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Diptera/Hippoboscidae/Ornithomya fringillina/	Ornithomya fringillina	a flat fly				imago	Animal / parasite / ectoparasite		UK and/or Eire	/Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Passeriformes/Turdidae/	Turdidae	nightingales, thrushes and wheatears					Major

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 fringillina (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 fringillina (a flat fly) may 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 fringillina (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 fringillina is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

NBN

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

Ornithomya fringillina (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)

General Works

Author	Year	Title	Source
Corbet, G.B.	1956	The Phoresy of Mallophaga on a Population of Ornithomya fringillina	Ent. Mon. Mag. Vol 92.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Ornithomya fringillina (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)

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