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Table 2.

Occurrence of detected Haemoproteus parasites and their cytochrome b lineages in European birds

Parasite species	Genetic lineage	Vertebrate hosts positive by		References
Parasite species	Genetic lineage	PCR-based detection	Microscopic examination	References
H balmorali	hSFC1	Muscicapa striata; Cyanistes caerulens	Muscicapa striata	[44–49, 50 ^a]
H. belopolskyi	hSW1	Acrocephalus schoenobaenus; Acrocephalus palustris; Acrocephalus scirpaceus	Acrocephalus schoenobaenus; Acrocephalus palustris	[45, 51–53, 54 ^a, 55]
H. hirundinis	hDELURB1	Delichon urbicum; Hirundo rustica	Delichon urbicum	[45, 56–58, 59 ^a]
H. lanii	hRB1	Emberiza schoeniclus; Lanius collurio	Lanius collurio	[45, 53, 60 ^a, 61 ^a]
H. lanii	hRBS2	Lanius collurio	Lanius collurio	[45, 46, 62 ^a]
H. minutus	hTURDUS2	Acrocephalus scirpaceus; Bolborhynchus lineola; Cyanistes caeruleus; Emberiza schoeniclus; Eritacus rubecula; Garulus glandarius; Hippolais icterina; Lanius collurio; Panurus biarmicus; Turdus merula; Turdus torquatus	Turdus merula	[44–46, 49, 50 ^a, 53, 60 ^a, 63–67]
H. tartakovskyi	hSISKIN1	Carduelis spinus; Loxia curvirostra; Carpodacus erythrinus	Carduelis spinus; Loxia curvirostra	[22 ^a, 50 ^a, 53, 60, 61 ^a, 68, 69 ^a]

^aStudies reporting presence of gametocytes in the blood of birds