Table 2 Haemosporidian parasites detected in dead birds submitted between June and October 2020 and screened by PCR
Bird family | Host species | n | Sample origin (Federal state) | PCR positive | Parasite species & cytb lineagesa | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plas | Haem | Leuc | Total (%) | |||||
Passeridae | Passer domesticus | 2 | V (1), LA (1) | – | – | – | 0 (0%) |  |
|  | Passer montanus | 1 | LA | – | – | – | 0 (0%) |  |
|  | Passer sp. | 2 | LA | – | – | – | 0 (0%) |  |
Fringillidae | Carduelis carduelis | 6 | LA (2), S (1), T (3) | 1 | – | – | 1 (17%) | P. vaughani SYAT05 |
|  | Chloris chloris | 7 | V (2), LA (1), S (1), B (3) | – | 1 | – | 1 (14%) | Haemoproteus sp. CARCHL01 |
| Â | Fringilla coelebs | 9 | V (1), LA (6), S (1), B (1) | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 (100%) | P. relictum GRW11 (1), Haemoproteus sp. CCF23 (7), Leucocytozoon sp. BRAM3 (2) |
|  | Coccothraustes coccothraustes | 3 | LA (3) | – | 1 | 3 | 3 (100%) | Haemoproteus sp. HAWF6 (1), Leucocytozoon sp. HAWF7 (3), Leucocytozoon sp. COCCOC01 (2), Leucocytozoon sp. COCCOC02 (1) |
|  | Pyrrhula pyrrhula | 1 | T | – | 1 | 1 | 1 (100%) | Haemoproteus cf. majoris EMSPO03, Leucocytozoon sp. PARUS25, Leucocytozoon sp. BT2 |
|  | Serinus serinus | 1 | T | – | – | – | 0 (0%) |  |
|  | Linaria cannabina | 1 | LA | – | – | – | 0 (0%) |  |
Paridae | Parus major | 10 | V (4), LA (5), B (1) | 4 | – | 1 | 4 (40%) | P. elongatum GRW06 (4), P. relictum SGS1 (2), Leucocytozoon sp. PARUS4 (1) |
|  | Cyanistes caeruleus | 3 | V (2), UA (1) | 1 | – | 2 | 3 (100%) | P. elongatum GRW06 (1), Leucocytozoon sp. PARUS4 (2), Leucocytozoon sp. CYACAE07 (1) |
Hirundinidae | Hirundo rustica | 5 | LA (5) | – | – | – | 0 (0%) |  |
Sylviidae | Sylvia atricapilla | 2 | LA (1), B (1) | – | – | – | 0 (0%) |  |
Regulidae | Regulus regulus | 1 | V | – | – | – | 0 (0%) |  |
Muscicapidae | Phoenicurus ochruros | 3 | V (3), LA (1) | – | – | – | 0 (0%) |  |
|  | Erithacus rubecula | 3 | LA (3) | – | – | – | 0 (0%) |  |
Turdidae | Turdus philomelos | 1 | LA | – | – | – | 0 (0%) |  |
|  | Turdus merula | 2 | LA (1), UA (1) | 2 | – | – | 2 (100%) | P. vaughani SYAT05 (2) |
Sturnidae | Sturnus vulgaris | 3 | V (3) | - | – | – | 0 (0%) |  |
Picidae | Picus viridis | 6 | LA (5), B (1) | – | – | – | 0 (0%) |  |
|  | Dendrocopos major | 5 | LA (3), B (2) | – | – | – | 0 (0%) |  |
|  | Leiopicus medius | 2 | V (1), LA (1) | – | – | – | 0 (0%) |  |
Alcedinidae | Alcedo atthis | 1 | B | – | – | – | 0 (0%) |  |
Ardeidae | Botaurus stellaris | 1 | V | – | – | 1 | 1 (100%) | Leucocytozoon sp. BOTSTEL01 |
Total | Â | 81 | Â | 9 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 17 lineages (4 Plas, 4 Haem, 9 Leuc) |