Fig. 2

Percentage of Cx. pipiens and Cx. tarsalis blood meals originating from each avian host species (n = 267). American crows (highlighted in blue) were hosts for 6.7% of the total number (n = 297) of bloodfed Culex. Other species included cedar waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum; white-tailed kite Elanus leucurus; Bullock’s oriole Icterus bullockii; cliff swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota; tree swallow Tachycineta bicolor; western kingbird Tyrannus verticalis; rock pigeon Columba livia; house sparrow Passer domesticus; red-shouldered hawk Buteo lineatus; Swainson’s hawk Buteo swainsoni; green heron Butorides virescens; American kestrel Falco sparverius; western bluebird Sialia mexicana; wild turkey Meleagris gallopavo; European starling Sturnus vulgaris; northern mockingbird Mimus polyglottos; Eurasian collared-dove Streptopelia decaocto; yellow-billed magpies Pica nuttalli; California scrub-jay Aphelocoma californica; black-crowned night-heron Nycticorax nycticorax