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Table 3 Lists of species of hard ticks (Ixodidae) and their bird hosts known to occur in Taiwan

From: Tick-borne pathogens in ticks collected from birds in Taiwan

Tick species

Avian host species

Source

Genus Amblyomma

  Amblyomma spp.

Turnix suscitator

[51]; this study

Genus Dermacentor

  Dermacentor taiwanensis

Bambusicola thoracica

[47]

Genus Haemaphysalis

  Haemaphysalis bispinosa

Gallus gallus

[46]

  Haemaphysalis doenitzi

Bambusicola thoracica; Centropus bengalensis; Psilopogon nuchalis; Sinosuthora webbiana; Phasianus colchicus; Pomatorhinus musicus; Zoothera dauma c

[52]; this study

  Haemaphysalis flava b

Turdus pallidus c

This study

  Haemaphysalis formosensis b

Turdus hortulorum c; Z. dauma c

This study

  Haemaphysalis hystricis b

Pomatorhinus musicus; Z. dauma c

This study

  Haemaphysalis mageshimaensis

Hypsipetes amaurotis; Zosterops japonicus

[44]

  Haemaphysalis ornithophila

Arborophila crudigularis; Lophura swinhoii; T. pallidus c; Z. dauma c

[43, 45, 46]; this study

  Haemaphysalis wellingtoni a

Centropus sinensis

This study

  Haemaphysalis yeni

C. bengalensis

[48]

  Haemaphysalis spp.

Alcippe morrisonia; C. bengalensis; Otus spilocephalus; Parus monticolus; P. colchicus; Turnix suscitator; Z. dauma c

This study

Genus Ixodes

  Ixodes columnae a

A. morrisonia; Horornis acanthizoides; Emberiza spodocephala c; Ficedula hyperythra; L. swinhoii; S. webbiana; Tarsiger indicus; T. pallidus c; Yuhina brunneiceps

This study

  Ixodes granulatus b

E. spodocephala c; T. pallidus c

This study

  Ixodes kuntzi

Sitta europaea

[41, 42, 46]

  Ixodes nipponensis b

Phylloscopus fuscatus c

This study

  Ixodes turdus a

Anthus hodgsoni c; Prinia inornata; Turdus chrysolaus c; T. pallidus c

This study

  Ixodes spp.

Tarsiger johnstoniae; Locustella alishanensis; Cyanoderma ruficeps; T. pallidus c

This study

Genus Rhipicephalus

  Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides b

T. chrysolaus c

This study

  1. aNewly recorded species in Taiwan
  2. bFirst record on birds in Taiwan
  3. cMigratory species