Several infectious and parasitic diseases that can spread to different domestic species with unpredictable consequences affect wild birds. Based on this, the objectives of this dissertation were to determine the main diseases that affect wild birds that inhabit the southernmost region of Rio Grande do Sul; and establish the risk of transmission of a pathogenic agent adapted to a population (reservoir) to a new host population (spillover). It was also aimed to describe seven cases of oral trichomoniasis in birds of prey in the south of Rio Grande do Sul, establishing their relationship with the deterioration of their natural habitat. A retrospective study of the diagnoses of causes of death and lesions in wild birds in the southern most reg...