| Ceratophyllus gallinae | |
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| Female hen flea | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Siphonaptera |
| Family: | Ceratophyllidae |
| Genus: | Ceratophyllus |
| Species: | C. gallinae
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| Binomial name | |
| Ceratophyllus gallinae (Schrank, 1803)
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Ceratophyllus gallinae, known as the hen flea in Europe or the European chicken flea elsewhere, is an ectoparasite of birds. This flea was first described by the German botanist and entomologist Franz von Paula Schrank in 1803.