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

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesOrnithomya avicularia (a flat fly)
GenusOrnithomya (a genus of flat flies)
FamilyHIPPOBOSCIDAE (“Forest” flies, flat flies, bird flies, keds)
SuperfamilyHIPPOBOSCOIDEA (bat flies and flat flies)
InfraorderSchizophora - Calyptratae (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Ornithomya avicularia (a flat fly) :
1: Ornithomya avicularia (a flat fly)
12 Sep 2011 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, indoors
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 2: Male - head, thorax and front legs - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 3: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - white backgroundImage 4: Wing - magnified
2: Ornithomya avicularia (a flat fly)
28 Jul 2004 OSGR: SU56 51° 20’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, on dead juvenile Blackbird under window
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - close-up - magnifiedImage 2: Male - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 3: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - magnifiedImage 4: Male - ventral view - magnifiedImage 5: Wing and legs - magnified

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

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Ornithomya avicularia (a flat fly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 17 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Ornithomya avicularia (a flat fly)
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