Fig. 1

Phylogenetic relationships between the Cytochrome b sequences obtained in the study and those of known Plasmodium and Haemoproteus species (represented by their accession number). The tree was built on cytochrome b parasite haplotypes found in this study (bold), with respect to lineages previously found in other avian hosts. Black and white circles indicate, respectively, nodes with posterior probability >90 %, and between 50 and 90 %. Tawny pipit haplotypes are grouped in clades that should correspond to different parasite species, and their presence in adults (blue bird icon) and nestlings (orange bird icon) is also shown