Table 4. Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis-positive tick nymphs from birds in Sweden 2009.

	Bird no	Bird species	Migration	Collection month	Tick species §	Feeding status	Tick location
Spring	1	Turdus merula	SD*	March	I. ricinus	HF	Bill
	2	Turdus merula	SD	April	I. ricinus	LF	Bill
	3	Anthus trivialis	SD	April	I. ricinus	HF	Bill
	4	Erithacus rubecula	SD	April	I. ricinus	FF	Bill
	5	Prunella modularis	SD	April	I. ricinus	U	Bill
	6	Erithacus rubecula	SD	April	I. ricinus	FF	Bill
	7	Erithacus rubecula	SD	April	I. ricinus	FF	Bill
	8	Erithacus rubecula	SD	April	I. ricinus	LF	Bill
	9†	Carduelis flammea	SD	April	I. ricinus	LF	Eye
	9†	Carduelis flammea	SD	April	I. ricinus	HF	Eye
	10	Troglodytes troglodytes	SD	April	I. ricinus	HF	Bill
	11	Turdus merula	SD	May	I. ricinus	HF	Bill
Autumn	12	Sylvia communis	LD	August	I. ricinus	LF	Bill
	13†	Luscinia luscinia	LD	August	I. ricinus	FF	Ear
	13†	Luscinia luscinia	LD	August	I. ricinus	HF	Bill
	14	Phoenicurus phoenicurus	LD	August	I. ricinus	HF	Bill
	15	Erithacus rubecula	SD	September	I. ricinus	U	Bill
	16	Troglodytes troglodytes	SD	September	I. ricinus	HF	Bill
	17	Turdus merula	SD	October	I. ricinus	FF	Eye
	18	Turdus merula	SD	October	I. ricinus	HF	Bill
	19	Turdus merula	SD	October	I. ricinus	HF	Eye
	20	Turdus iliacus	SD	October	N/A	HF	Bill
	21	Erithacus rubecula	SD	October	I. ricinus	FF	Bill
	22	Carduelis flammea	SD	November	N/A	U (-LF)	Bill

§ Tick species was molecularly identified by COI and 16S.

* SD = short-distance migrant, HF = half fed, LF = little fed, FF = fully fed, U = unfed (no blood), LD = long-distance migrant (trans-Mediterranean or trans-Saharan)

† = bird that carried two Candidatus Neoehrlichia mikurensis-positive ticks.