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Appendix 1.

List of bird hosts and their insect ectoparasites in the Czech Republic during the pre-breeding migration.

Bird species Prevalence Ectoparasite family/species 1 2 Imm3
Family Picidae
        Dendrocopos major (Linnaeus, 1758) 3/4 P/Brueelia straminea (Denny, 1842)* 14 22 12
4/4 P/Penenirmus auritus (Scopoli, 1763) 6 8 6

Family Sylviidae
        Sylvia atricapilla (Linnaeus, 1758) 1/114 M/Myrsidea sylviae Sychra & Literák 2008 1
1/114 C/Ceratophyllus gallinae (Schrank, 1803)* 1
        Phylloscopus collybita (Vieillot, 1817) 3/32 M/Menacanthus agilis (Nitzsch, 1866) 4 1
3/32 P/Penenirmus rarus (Zlotorzycka, 1976) 3 4 21
1/32 C/Dasypsyllus gallinulae (Dale, 1878) 1

Family Prunellidae
        Prunella modularis (Linnaeus, 1758) 1/23 M/Menacanthus eurysternus (Burmeister, 1838)* 1
8/23 P/Philopterus modularis (Denny, 1842) 23 35 242

Family Muscicapidae
        Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) 5/281 M/Menacanthus eurysternus (Burmeister, 1838)* 6
1/281 P/Brueelia tristis (Giebel, 1874) 2 1
3/281 P/Philopterus rubeculae (Denny, 1842)* 2 3 1
8/281 C/Dasypsyllus gallinulae (Dale, 1878) 3 5
5/281 C/Ceratophyllus gallinae (Schrank, 1803) 3 2

Family Turdidae
        Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 3/21 R/Ricinus elongatus (Olfers, 1816) 7 3
3/21 M/Menacanthus eurysternus (Burmeister, 1838) 3 13 48
2/21 P/Brueelia amsel (Eichler, 1951)* 7 16 11
10/21 P/Brueelia merulensis (Denny, 1842) 74 150 358
7/21 P/Philopterus turdi (Denny, 1842) 17 39 39
1/21 C/Dasypsyllus gallinulae (Dale, 1878)* 1
        Turdus philomelos Brehm, C. L., 1831 1/15 P/Brueelia merulensis (Denny, 1842) 8 7 43
1/15 P/Philopterus turdi (Denny, 1842) 1 7 2
        Turdus viscivorus Linnaeus, 1758 1/1 P/Philopterus vernus (Zlotorzycka, 1964) 1 1 6

Family Troglodytidae
        Troglodytes troglodytes (Linnaeus, 1758) 2/7 P/Penenirmus albiventris (Scopoli, 1763) 9 5

Family Paridae
        Periparus ater (Linnaeus, 1758) 5/11 M/Menacanthus sinuatus (Burmeister, 1838) 4 4 13
        Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) 5/13 M/Menacanthus sinuatus (Burmeister, 1838) 10 19 25
2/13 C/Ceratophyllus gallinae (Schrank, 1803) 1 1
        Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 11/28 M/Menacanthus sinuatus (Burmeister, 1838) 9 15 35
1/28 P/Brueelia weberi Balat, 1982 1
C/Ceratophyllus gallinae (Schrank, 1803) 1

Family Fringilidae
        Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 1/28 R/Ricinus fringillae De Geer, 1778 2 3 9
1/31 M/Menacanthus eurysternus (Burmeister, 1838) 1
        Loxia curvirostra Linnaeus, 1758 1/1 M/Myrsidea quadrimaculata Carriker, 1902* 1 2
1/1 P/Philopterus curvirostrae (Schrank, 1776) 11 7 9
        Pyrrhula pyrrhula (Linnaeus, 1758) 1/2 P/Philopterus citrinellae (Schrank, 1776) 1 1 4

Family Emberizidae
        Emberiza citrinella Linnaeus, 1758 2/11 R/Ricinus fringillae De Geer, 1778 1 3
1/11 M/Menacanthus alaudae (Schrank, 1776)* 2 1
10/11 P/Philopterus citrinellae (Schrank, 1776) 17 32 48

Prevalence = number of birds parasitized/number of birds examined; C = Ceratophyllidae; R = Ricinidae; M = Menoponidae; P = Philopte- ridae;

*

first record of the host-parasite association in the Czech Republic;

1, 2, 3 numbers of males, females and immatures, respectively.

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