Insect ectoparasites on wild birds in the Czech Republic during the pre-breeding period

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Table I.

Parasitological parameters of insect ectoparasites collected from wild passerine birds in the Czech Republic during pre-breeding and post-breeding periods.

	Chewing lice				Fleas
	Post-breeding 2005¹ (15 spp.)			Pre-breeding 2007 (23 spp.)	Post-breeding 2005¹ (2 spp.)	Pre-breeding 2007 (2 spp.)
	Total	Young	Adults	Adults²	Total	Total
Prevalence in %³	15.3	16.4	5.4	13.5	0.8	2.9
Mean intensity	7.0	5.3	9.4	13.0⁴	1	1
Range	1–38	1–22	1–38	1–93⁴	1	1
Mean abundance³	1.1	0.9	0.5	2.4	0.008	2.9

Richness (range)⁵		0.6 (0–5)		1.0 (0–5)	–⁶	0.1 (0–1)
Percentage males		33.3 (162)⁷		34.2 (641)⁷	–⁶	36.8 (19)⁷
Percentage adults		57.9 (280)⁸		40.4 (1,587)⁸	–	–

Sychra et al., 2008;

only adult birds were examined;

number of birds examined: pre-breeding, n = 659, post-breeding: total, n = 262, young birds, n = 92, adult birds, n = 170;

⁴

one Turdus merula parasitized with 444 specimens of Brueelia merulensis is not included;

⁵

number of host species: pre-breeding, n = 34, post-breeding, n = 36;

⁶

only two fleas on two birds were collected during post-breeding period;

⁷

number of adults;

⁸

number of lice for which age was assessed.

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