Table 1.

Bird species found dead or with symptoms of encephalitis in Europe in which the presence of WNV has been evidenced by real time RT-PCR or by virus isolation

Year	Country	Order	Family	Species	Lineage	Ref
2001-2004	Spain	Falconiformes	Accipitridae	Spanish imperial eagle	1	[7]
				(Aquila adalberti)
2003	Hungary	Anseriformes	Anatidae	Domestic goose	1	[6,25]
				(Anser anser domesticus)
2004	Hungary	Falconiformes	Accipitridae	Goshawk	2	[6,26]
				(Accipiter gentilis)
	France	Passeriformes	Corvidae	Common magpie	1	[27]
				(Pica pica)
			Passeridae	House sparrow
				(Passer domesticus)
2005	Hungary	Falconiformes	Accipitridae	Goshawk	2	[20,28]
				Sparrow hawk
				(Accipiter nisus)
2007	Spain	Falconiformes	Accipitridae	Golden eagle	1	[28]
				(Aquila chrysaetos)
				Bonelli’s eagle
				(Aquila fasciata)
2008	Austria	Falconiformes	Accipitridae	Sparrow hawk	2	[20,28]
				(Accipiter nisus)
				Goshawk
				(Accipiter gentilis)
			Falconidae	Gyrfalcon
				(Falco rusticolus)
		Psittaciformes	Strigopidae	Kea		[28]
				(Nestor notabilis)
	Italy	Charadriiformes	Laridae	Herring gull	1	[29]
				(Larus argentatus)
		Columbiformes	Columbidae	Pigeon
				(Columba livia)
		Passeriformes	Corvidae	Common magpie
				(Pica pica)
				Carrion crow
				(Corvus corone)
				Eurasian jay
				(Garrulus glandarius)
		Suliformes	Phalacrocoracidae	Great cormorant
				(Phalacrocorax carbo)
2009	Austria	Falconiformes	Accipitridae	Goshawk	2	[20]
				(Accipiter gentilis)
2011	Italy	Columbiformes	Columbidae	Collared dove	2	[18]
				(Streptopelia decaocto)
2012	Italy	Falconiformes	Accipitridae	Goshawk	2	[30]
				(Accipiter gentilis)