Table 2.
Gender (F, female, M, male) of avian hosts from three mosquito species (Culiseta melanura, Culex erraticus and Culex nigripalpus) from field sites in Florida, USA, as determined by PCR.
|
Culiseta melanura |
Culex erraticus |
Culex nigripalpus |
total |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bird | total | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | M |
| American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) | 38 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 31 |
| black-crowned night heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) | 90 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 43 | 1 | 0 | 44 | 46 |
| great blue heron (Ardea herodias) | 28 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 18 |
| great egret (Ardea alba) | 20 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| green heron (Butorides virescens) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| limpkin (Aramus guarauna) | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| little blue heron (Egretta caerulea) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) | 10 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Tennessee warbler (Vermivora peregrina) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| wood stork (Mycteria americana) | 29 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 24 |
| yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea) | 37 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 24 |
| othersa | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
aSingle individuals of black vulture, Coragyps atratus (male); Carolina wren (male); great horned owl, Strix varia (male); hermit thrush (male); house wren, Troglodytes aedon (male); loggerhead shrike, Lanius ludovicianus (male); mourning dove, Zenaida macroura (female); osprey, Pandion haliaetus (male); tufted titmouse, Baeolophus bicolor (female); white ibis, Eudocimus albus (female); wild turkey, Meleagris gallopavo (male); Wilson's snipe, Gallinago delicata (female).