Table 1.

Infested bird species and respective tick species.

Common Name	Scientific Name	Migratory Strategy 1	N° Infested Birds	N° Ticks
Turtle dove	Streptopelia turtur	TS	1	2
Scops owl	Otus scops	TS	1	20
Common kestrel	Falco tinnunculus	IP	2	6
Golden oriole	Oriolus oriolus	TS	3	5
Woodchat shrike	Lanius senator	TS	4	4
Icterine warbler	Hippolais icterina	TS	47	103
Sedge warbler	Acrocephalus schoenobaenus	TS	8	52
Reed warbler	Acrocephalus scirpaceus	TS	7	12
Great reed warbler	Acrocephalus arundinaceus	TS	5	8
Bonelli’s warbler	Phylloscopus bonellii	TS	1	1
Wood warbler	Phylloscopus sibilatrix	TS	80	135
Willow warbler	Phylloscopus trochilus	TS	8	13
Chiff chaff	Phylloscopus collybita	IP	2	2
Sardinian warbler	Sylvia melanocephala	IP	2	2
Garden warbler	Sylvia borin	TS	7	38
Subalpine warbler	Curruca cantillans	TS	10	12
Common whitethroat	Curruca communis	TS	69	170
Song thrush	Turdus philomelos	IP	6	14
Spotted flycatcher	Muscicapa striata	TS	43	94
European robin	Erithacus rubecula	IP	22	35
Common nightingale	Luscinia megarhynchos	TS	12	29
Pied flycatcher	Ficedula hypoleuca	TS	52	160
Collared flycatcher	Ficedula albicollis	TS	3	12
Black redstart	Phoenicurus ochruros	IP	1	1
Common redstart	Phoenicurus phoenicurus	TS	76	159
Whinchat	Saxicola rubetra	TS	57	176
Northern wheatear	Oenanthe oenanthe	TS	4	12
Black-eared wheatear	Oenanthe hispanica	TS	1	9
Tree pipit	Anthus trivialis	TS	13	46
Yellow wagtail	Motacilla flava	TS	1	6
Serin	Serinus serinus	IP	2	2
Total			550	1340

¹ TS = trans-Saharan; IP = intra-Palearctic.