Research Article

Survey of Tick-Borne Zoonotic Agents in Ixodes Ticks Carried by Wild Passerines during Postbreeding Migration through Italy

Table 1

Descriptive data about infested migratory birds.

Bird speciesaInfested/ringedInfested/ringedInfested/ringed
20192020TotalInfestation rate (%)

Water pipit (Anthus spinoletta)1/420/71/492.0 (CI: 0.1–10.9)
European robin (Erithacus rubecula)11/77612/19723/9732.4 (CI: 1.5–3.5)
Blackbird (Turdus merula)29/678/2037/8742.5 (CI: 32.0–53.6)
Song thrush (Turdus philomelos)3/651/124/775.2 (CI: 1.4–12.8)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus)3/141/14/1526.4 (CI: 7.8–55.1)
Coal tit (Periparus ater)0/8841/131/8970.1 (CI: 0–0.6)
Common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)3/1042/375/1413.6 (CI: 1.2–8.1)
Brambling (Fringilla montifringilla)13/900/313/9314.0 (CI: 7.7–22.7)
Total63/204225/29088/23322.6b

Notes: aData about ringed but NOT infested species are reported in the Supplementary 3. bInfestation rate counting total captured birds and not only infested species. The partial (2019 and 2020) and total count of ringed and infested animals are reported, together with the infestation rate of each bird species and total.