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Table 3 Haemosporidian parasites detected by CISH in bird carcasses collected in Austria from June to October 2020

From: A citizen science-based survey of avian mortality focusing on haemosporidian infections in wild passerine birds

Case ID

Host species

Parasite species & cytB lineages

Abundance of blood stagesa

Distribution of

tissue stagesa

AH2017

Carduelis carduelis

P. vaughani SYAT05

+

–

AH2138

Chloris chloris

Haemoproteus sp. CARCHL01

+

–

AH2019

Fringilla coelebs

Haemoproteus sp. CCF23

++

–

AH2035

Fringilla coelebs

Haemoproteus sp. CCF23

+

–

AH2036

Fringilla coelebs

Haemoproteus sp. CCF23

+

–

AH2037

Fringilla coelebs

Haemoproteus sp. CCF23

++

Liver (meront) & pectoral muscle (megalomeront)

AH2038

Fringilla coelebs

Leucocytozoon sp. BRAM3

+

–

AH2049

Fringilla coelebs

Haemoproteus sp. CCF23, Leucocytozoon sp. BRAM3

+ (H, L)

–

AH2050

Fringilla coelebs

Haemoproteus sp. CCF23

+

–

AH2137

Fringilla coelebs

Haemoproteus sp. CCF23

+

–

AH2141

Fringilla coelebs

P. relictum GRW11

+

–

AH2024

Coccothraustes coccothraustes

Haemoproteus sp. HAWF6, Leucocytozoon sp. HAWF7, Leucocytozoon sp.COCCOC01

+ (H, L)

Kidney (meronts) (L)

AH2025

Coccothraustes coccothraustes

Leucocytozoon sp. HAWF7, Leucocytozoon sp. COCCOC01, Leucocytozoon sp. COCCOC02

++

–

AH2034

Coccothraustes coccothraustes

Leucocytozoon sp. HAWF7

++

Kidney (meronts)

AH2023

Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Haemoproteus cf. majoris EMSPO03, Leucocytozoon sp. PARUS25, Leucocytozoon sp. BT2

++ (H), + (L)

Gizzard (megalomeront) (H)

AH2018

Cyanistes caeruleus

Leucocyotzoon sp. PARUS4, Leucocytozoon sp. CYACAE07

+

–

AH2033

Cyanistes caeruleus

Leucocytozoon sp. PARUS4

+

–

AH2043

Cyanistes caeruleus

P. elongatum GRW06

+

–

AH2011

Parus major

P. elongatum GRW06, Leucocytozoon sp. PARUS4

+ (P, L)

–

AH2022

Parus major

P. elongatum GRW06

+

–

AH2032

Parus major

P. relictum SGS1, P. elongatum GRW06

+

–

AH2039

Parus major

P. relictum SGS1, P. elongatum GRW06

+++

–

AH2140

Turdus merula

P. vaughani SYAT05

+

–

AH2149

Turdus merula

P. vaughani SYAT05

+

–

AH2147

Botaurus stellaris

Leucocytozoon sp. BOTSTEL01

+

Proventriculus, gizzard & intestine (meronts)

  1. +: low; ++: moderate; +++: high number of blood stages detected
  2. –: no tissue stages detected
  3. a Letters in brackets refer to CISH signals obtained with genus-specific probes (H: Haemo18S, L: Leuco18S, P: Plasmo18S)