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Table 1 Prevalence and intensity of tick infestation among birds according to their feeding preference and migration habits

From: Birds as potential reservoirs of tick-borne pathogens: first evidence of bacteraemia with Rickettsia helvetica

Bird species (tick infested/all)

Feeding preference (tick infested/all)

Distance of migration (tick infested/all)

Number of birds infested with … (number of ticks)

   

Ixodes ricinus

Haemaphysalis concinna

Hyalomma sp.

   

Larva

Nymph

Larva

Nymph

Larva

Luscinia megarhynchos (4/36)

 

Long (6/44)

2 (5)

4 (5)

   

Luscinia luscinia (1/7)

 

1 (5)

1 (2)

   

Anthus trivialis (1/1)

 

1 (1)

1 (4)

   

Erithacus rubecula (13/52)

Ground level (27/115)

 

7 (9)

8 (14)

   

Turdus philomelos (2/6)

 

Short (16/59)

1 (3)

2 (5)

   

Turdus iliacus (1/1)

  

1 (1)

   

Turdus merula (5/12)

 

Local (5/12)

2 (2)

4 (11)

   

Acrocephalus scirpaceus (15/129)

  

2 (3)

12 (14)

2 (2)

3 (4)

 

Acrocephalus schoenobaenus (4/90)

  

2 (2)

2 (2)

   

Locustella luscinioides (1/26)

 

Long (23/283)

  

1 (5)

  

Sylvia communis (2/19)

 

1 (1)

2 (2)

   

Phylloscopus sibilatrix (1/19)

Above ground level (41/771)

    

1 (1)

Sylvia atricapilla (12/372)

 

Middle (13/464)

6 (10)

8 (8)

1 (1)

1 (1)

 

Phylloscopus collybita (1/92)

  

1 (1)

   

Coccothraustes coccothraustes (2/18)

 

Short (5/24)

 

2 (2)

   

Prunella modularis (3/6)

 

1 (1)

3 (7)

1 (5)