Table 3.

Haemosporidian lineages found in bird species of the order Columbiformes with the respective GenBank accession number and lineage prevalence. If mixed homogeneric infection occurred, the lineage combination of the two lineages is presented

Parasite genusa	Lineage (MalAvi)	Accession number (GenBank)	Host speciesb (no. infected individuals)	First time record forc	Lineage prevalence (%)d	Homogeneric mixed with
H	AFR119	KM056425	WP (7)#		5.4	-
H	OENCAP01*	MT888850	ND (1)#		0.8	-
ParaH	STRTUR01	KJ488784	TD (6)# SD (1)#	SD	5.4	-
H	STRTUR02	KJ488786	TD (14)#		10.8	STRTUR04
H	STRTUR03	KJ488826	TD (22)#		16.9	-
H	STRTUR04*	MT888848	TD (6)#		4.6	STRTUR02
ParaH	STRTUR05*	MT888849	TD (1)#		0.8	-
L	AEMO02	KJ488804	TD (4)# WP (24)#	TD	21.5	COLIV04 STRORI02
L	COLIV04	AB741510	TD (12)# WP (10)#	TD WP	16.9	AEMO02
L	COLPAL03*	MT888851	WP (1)		0.8	-
L	COLPAL04*	MT888852	WP (1)#		0.8	-
L	STRORI02	AB741508	TD (10)#	TD	7.7	AEMO02
P	GRW02	AF254962	TD (7)# SD (1)#	TD SD	6.2	-
P	MILANS06	JN164715	TD (1)	TD	0.8	-
P	RTSR1	KJ488785	TD (1)		0.8	-

^aH = H. (Haemoproteus), ParaH = H. (Parahaemoproteus), L = Leucocytozoon, P = Plasmodium

^bTD = European turtle dove Streptopelia turtur, LD = laughing dove S. senegalensis, CD = collared dove S. decaocto, ND = Namaqua dove Oena capensis, SD = stock dove Columba oenas, WP = Common woodpigeon C. palumbus

^cAccording to MalAvi (2020)

^dPercentage of each lineage among all lineage sequences (n = 130)

*Novel lineages found in the present study

^#Lineages present during microscopic examination (infected erythrocytes)