Table 3 Number of trials and number of different individuals for each bird species, range of % of attracted C. pipiens in each bird species (mosquito specimens captured on each bird/mosquito specimens captured on all birds in the same session), % of engorged mosquitoes and size of the birds: small (< 100 g), medium (100–250 g), large (> 500 g)
From: Evaluating the feeding preferences of West Nile virus mosquito vectors using bird-baited traps
Bird species | No. of trials | No. of different birds | Range of % of attracted mosquitoes | % engorged mosquitoes (95Â % IC) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Raptors | Medium | Athene noctua | 12 | 5 | 0–39.29 | 93.02 (80.93–98.53) |
Medium | Falco tinnunculus | 12 | 3 | 0–28.57 | 78.37 (61.78–90.17) | |
Large | Falco peregrinus | 12 | 4 | 23.53–42.86 | 88.15 (78.70–94.43) | |
Other | Small | Turdus merula | 7 | 3 | 0–23.26 | 86.36 (65.08–97.09) |
Small | Turdus philomelos | 5 | 2 | 0–23.53 | 88.23 (63.55–98.54) | |
Small | Geopelia cuneata | 1 | 1 | 10.53 | 100 (15.81–100) | |
Medium | Streptopelia decaocto | 11 | 11 | 0–66.67 | 79.16 (57.84–92.86) | |
Large | Anas platyrhynchos | 12 | 7 | 0–21.05 | 82.14 (63.10–93.93) | |