Table 3.
Haemoparasite results from fifty non-target bird species sampled in Georgia.
| Bird species | n | Parasite species No. positive (%) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haemoproteus | Plasmodium | Leucocytozoon | Microfilaria | Trypanosoma | |||
| Acadian Flycatcher | Empidonax virescens | 1 | –a | – | – | – | 1 (100) |
| American Goldfinch | Spinus tristis | 8 | 1 (13) | 1 (13) | 1 (13) | – | 1 (13) |
| American Robin | Turdus migratorius | 5 | – | 1 (20) | – | – | 1 (20) |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater | 26 | 1 (4) | – | 1 (4) | 2 (8) | – |
| Blue Grosbeak | Passerina caerulea | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Blue Jay | Cyanocitta cristata | 13 | – | 2 (15) | – | – | – |
| Brown Thrasher | Toxostoma rufum | 30 | 4 (13) | 2 7) | – | 1 (3) | 1 (3) |
| Carolina Chickadee | Poecile carolinensis | 11 | 5 (45) | 1 (9) | – | – | – |
| Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina | 6 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Common Ground-Dove | Columbina passerina | 19 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas | 7 | 2 (29) | – | – | – | – |
| Downy Woodpecker | Picoides pubescens | 2 | – | 1 (50) | – | – | – |
| Eastern Bluebird | Sialia sialis | 3 | 1 (33) | – | – | – | 1 (33) |
| Eastern Phoebe | Sayornis phoebe | 18 | – | 1 (6) | 1 (6) | – | – |
| Eastern Towhee | Pipilo erythrophthalmus | 18 | 3 (6) | 1 (6) | 1 (6) | 1 (6) | – |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | Contopus virens | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris | 5 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Field Sparrow | Spizella pusilla | 3 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Fox Sparrow | Passerella iliaca | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus crinitus | 3 | – | – | – | 1 (33) | – |
| Gray Catbird | Dumetella carolinensis | 7 | – | – | – | – | 1 (14) |
| Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus | 5 | – | – | – | – | – |
| House Finch | Carpodacus mexicanus | 13 | – | – | – | 1 (8) | – |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | 69 | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 3 (4) | – | – |
| Hooded Warbler | Setophaga citrina | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Magnolia Warbler | Setophaga magnolia | 5 | – | 1 (20) | – | – | – |
| Myrtle Warbler | Setophaga coronata coronata | 11 | 3 (27) | – | – | 4 (36) | – |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos | 17 | 6 (35) | – | – | – | – |
| Northern Parula | Setophaga americana | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Northern Waterthrush | Parkesia noveboracensis | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Prothonotary Warbler | Protonotaria citrea | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | Melanerpes carolinus | 8 | 3 (38) | 2 (25) | – | – | – |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Regulus calendula | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | 1 | 1 (100) | – | – | – | – |
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | 1 | 1 (100) | – | – | – | – |
| Redwinged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus | 5 | 1 (20) | 2 (40) | – | – | – |
| Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis | 14 | 2 (14) | 1 (7) | – | – | – |
| Slate-colored Junco | Junco h. hyemalis | 5 | – | – | 2 (40) | 1 (20) | – |
| Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia | 5 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | 3 | 1 (33) | – | – | – | – |
| Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra | 3 | 3 (100) | 1 (33) | – | – | – |
| Swamp Sparrow | Melospiza georgiana | 26 | 5 (19) | 2 (8) | – | – | – |
| Tennessee Warbler | Oreothlypis peregrina | 2 | – | – | – | – | – |
| White-eyed Vireo | Vireo griseus | 5 | 1 (20) | 1 (20) | – | – | – |
| Wood Thrush | Hylocichla mustelina | 2 | 1 (50) | – | 1 (50) | – | – |
| Western Palm Warbler | Setophaga palmarum palmarum | 3 | 1 (33) | – | – | – | – |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | Icteria virens | 1 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius | 4 | – | – | – | – | – |
a
All tested birds were negative.