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. 2016 Aug 31;11(8):e0162005. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0162005

Table 1. Bird species with Sindbis virus antibodies during four years in the River Dalälven floodplains, Sweden.

Order Family Species 2002 2003 2004 2009 Total
Piciformes Picidae Lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor) -A - 1/1 (100)B - 1/1 (100)
Charadriiformes Scolopacidae Eurasian woodcock (Scolopax rusticola) - - 1/1 (100) - 1/1 (100)
Passeriformes Corvidae Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) - 0/1 1/1 (100) 1/1 (100) 2/3 (33)
Laniidae Red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio) - - 0/2 2/7 (29) 2/9(22)
Emberizidae Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) 0/2 0/3 1/3 (33) 0/10 1/18 (6)
Prunellidae Dunnock (Prunella modularis) 0/7 2/12 (17) 0/9 4/15 (27) 6/43 (14)
Fringillidae European greenfinch (Carduelis chloris) 0/1 - 1/2 (50) 2/3 (67) 3/6 (50)
Common chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) 0/3 0/14 1/24 (4) 4/7 (57) 5/48 (10)
Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) 0/2 0/2 0/4 4/5 (80) 4/13 (31)
Total Fringillidae 0/6 0/16 2/30 (6) 10/15 (50) 12/67 (20)
Paridae Eurasian blue tit (Parus caeruleus) - 0/1 1/9 (11) 1/8 (13) 2/18 (11)
Great tit (Parus major) 1/16 (6) 1/16 (6) 2/19 (11) 6/36 (17) 10/87 (11)
Total Paridae 1/16 (6) 1/17 (6) 3/28 (11) 7/44 (16) 12/105 (11)
Sylviidae Marsh warbler (Acrocephalus palustris) - - 1/1 (100) - 1/1 (100)
Willow warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) 0/7 0/14 0/12 10/57 (18) 10/89 (11)
Eurasian blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) 1/8 (13) 3/12 (25) 7/17 (41) 8/14 (57) 19/51 (37)
Garden warbler (Sylvia borin) 0/7 6/13 (46) 3/4 (75) 16/29 (55) 25/53 (47)
Common whitethroat (Sylvia communis) - - - 1/7 (14) 1/7 (14)
Total Sylviidae 1/22 (5) 9/39 (23) 11/34 (30) 35/107 (33) 56/202 (28)
Turdidae European robin (Erithacus rubecula) 1/34 (3) 0/49 2/25 (8) 23/38 (61) 25/146 (17)
Redwing (Turdus iliacus) 0/7 1/19 (5) 6/32 (19) 16/21 (77) 23/79 (29)
Common blackbird (Turdus merula) 0/21 2/17 (12) 4/29 (14) 22/39 (56) 28/106 (26)
Song thrush (Turdus philomelos) 0/6 1/7 (14) 0/7 12/17 (71) 13/37 (35)
Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) - 0/1 - 10/12 (83) 10/13 (78)
Total Turdidae 1/68 (1) 4/93 (4) 12/93 (13) 83/127 (65) 100/381 (26)
Total* 3/121 (2) 16/181 (9) 32/202 (16) 142/326 (44) 193/830 (23)

A Number of PRNT positive individuals/number of tested individuals (percentage positive)

B No individuals tested

* The table total differs slightly from the overall antibody prevalence, since 133 individuals of 31 bird species without SINV neutralising antibodies are not included in the table for clarity. These are (alphabetically ordered): 1 Barred warbler (Sylvia nisoria), 1 Common grasshopper warbler (Locustella naevia), 1 Common redstart (Phoenicurus phoenicurus), 5 Common reed buntings (Emberiza schoeniclus), 2 Common snipes (Gallinago gallinago), 2 Common starlings (Sturnus vulgaris), 6 Eurasian nuthatches (Sitta europaea), 2 Eurasian sparrow hawks (Accipiter nisus), 7 Eurasian tree creepers (Certhia familiaris), 2 Eurasian tree sparrows (Passer montanus), 9 Eurasian wrens (Troglodytes troglodytes), 2 Eurasian wrynecks (Jynx torquilla), 7 Eurasian siskins (Carduelis spinus), 2 European crested tits (Parus cristatus), 1 European green woodpecker (Picus viridis), 10 European pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca), 5 Great-spotted woodpeckers (Dendrocopos major), 1 Green sandpiper (Tringa ochropus), 5 Icterine warblers (Hippolais icterina), 4 Lesser whitethroats (Sylvia curruca), 3 Long-tailed tits (Aegithalos caudatus), 6 Marsh tits (Parus palustris), 1 Meadow pipit (Anthus pratensis), 1 Mistle thrush (Turdus viscivorus), 2 River warblers (Locustella fluviatilis), 2 Sedge warblers (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus), 12 Spotted flycatchers (Muscicapa striata), 20 Tree pipits (Anthus trivialis), 4 White wagtails (Motacilla alba), 6 Willow tits (Parus montanus), 1 Wood warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix).