Table 5.
WNV and USUV positive neutralization assay results (positives highlighted in bold) from wild bird serum samples in 2015.
| Order | Common Name | Scientific Name | Migration Pattern | No. Samples Tested | WNV Pos. (ND50) | USUV Pos. (ND50) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passeriformes | Eurasian Blackbird | Turdus merula | R, P | 48 | 2 (10), 1 (120) | 3 (10), 3 (15), 1 (20), 1 (1920) |
| Eurasian Magpie | Pica pica | R | 8 | 0 | 1 (10) | |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | R | 13 | 0 | 1 (10) | |
| Great Tit | Parus major | R, (P) | 9 | 0 | 1 (10) | |
| Hooded Crow | Corvus cornix | R, P | 18 | 0 | 1 (15) | |
| Carrion Crow | Corvus corone | R, P | 31 | 0 | 2 (10), 1 (15) | |
| Accipitriformes | Bearded Vulture | Gypaetus barbatus | zoo bird | 1 | 0 | 1 (40) |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | L | 2 | 1 (320) | 1 (10) | |
| Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentilis | R, P | 22 | 2 (15) | 1 (40) | |
| Common Buzzard | Buteo buteo | R, P, S | 84 | 2 (10), 1 (40), 2 (15), 3 *, 1 # | 1 (10), 3 (10) | |
| Eurasian Sparrowhawk | Accipiter nisus | R, P, S | 12 | 1 (15) | 0 | |
| Golden Eagle | Aquila chrysaetos | zoo bird | 1 | 0 | 1 (10) | |
| Falconiformes | Red-footed Falcon | Falco vespertinus | L | 1 | 1 (80) | 1 (10) |
| European Kestrel | Falco tinnunculus | R, P, S | 78 | 1 (20), 2 (30) | 1 (10), 1 # | |
| Strigiformes | Great Grey Owl | Strix nebulosa | zoo bird | 4 | 1 (30) | 1 (480) |
| Eurasian Eagle Owl | Bubo bubo | R | 14 | 0 | 1 (20) | |
| Eurasian Tawny Owl | Strix aluco | R | 18 | 1 * | 1 (10), 1 (40) | |
| Northern Long-eared Owl | Asio otus | R, P, S | 19 | 0, 1 #, 1 * | 1 (10), 1 (20) | |
| Columbiformes | Common Wood Pigeon | Columba palumbus | R, P, S | 53 | 1 (10), 2 * | 0 |
| City Pigeon | Columba livia f. domestica | R, (P) | 52 | 2 (10) | 1 # | |
| Gruiformes | Eurasian Coot | Fulica atra | P, S | 2 | 1 (10) | 0 |
| Apodiformes | Common Swift | Apus apus | L | 9 | 1 (10) | 1 (10), 1 (60) |
| Ciconiiformes/Pelicaniformes | White Stork | Ciconia ciconia | L | 6 | 0 | 1 (10) |
| Charadriiformes | Black-headed Gull | Larus ridibundus | R, P, S | 1 | 1 (10) | 1 (30) |
| Gull | Laridae sp. | R, P, S, (L) | 1 | 0 | 1 (10) | |
| Eurasian Woodcock | Scolopax rusticola | R, S | 16 | 1 (10) | 1 (10) | |
| Piciformes | Great Spotted Woodpecker | Dendrocopos major | R, P, (S) | 11 | 1 (20) | 0 |
| Eurasian Green Woodpecker | Picus viridis | R, (P) | 16 | 1 (20), 1 * | 1 (10) | |
| Total | 821 | 20 | 32 |
* Not done because insufficient serum volume for both tests # Not analyzable because sample is cytotoxic or there were coverings on the cells. R = resident species, P = partial migrant, S = short distance migrant, L = long distance migrant.