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Chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) have been examined on common wild and captive birds of Hyderabad during 2013-2015, mainly from urban areas. Chewing lice of both suborders Amblycera and Ischnocera included family Menoponidae and Philopteridae respectively were reported from different localities of Hyderabad city. It was the first chewing lice survey that has been carried out in the region, which reported eight species of Menoponidae and eleven species of Philopteridae. These species were Campanulotes compar (Burmeister, 1838),