Table 4.

Ticks collected from birds—compared to migration type

Migration type	Tick growth stage	Birds	Ticks	Ticks per bird	Tick species
					Ixodes spp.a	I. ricinus	I. canisuga	I. hexagonus	I. lividus	Haemaphy-salis spp.
Long-distance	Larvae	31	79	2.5	56	23	0	0	0	0
Long-distance	Nymphs	99	175	1.8	0	173	0	1	0	1
Long-distance	Female	6	18	3.0	0	3	0	0	15	0
Long-distance summary		136	272	2.0	56	199	0	1	15	1
Short-distance	Larvae	93	257	2.8	120	137	0	0	0	0
Short-distance	Nymphs	154	546	3.5	1	543	0	0	0	2
Short-distance	Female	7	19	2.7	0	12	7	0	0	0
Short-distance summary		254	822	3.2	121	692	7	0	0	2
Sedentary	Larvae	204	717	3.5	495	222	0	0	0	0
Sedentary	Nymphs	235	1359	5.8	0	1356	2	1	0	0
Sedentary	Female	7	23	3.3	0	22	1	0	0	0
Sedentary	Male	2	2	1.0	0	2	0	0	0	0
Sedentary summary		448	2101	4.7	495	1602	3	1	0	0
Total		838	3195	3.8	672	2493	10	2	15	3

^aFurther differentiation was not possible