Table 1.

The prevalence of Haemoproteus, Leucocytozoon and Trypanosoma infections in adult sparrowhawks, categorized by host sex and age

Age (years)	Females									Males
	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	9	Pooled	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Pooled
Sample size
n (H)	40	36	32	13	16	9	9	2	157	32	29	21	10	1	2	1	96
n (L)	40	37	32	13	16	9	9	2	158	33	30	21	10	1	2	1	98
n (T)	31	31	29	9	11	9	6	2	128	29	21	19	8	1	2	1	81
n (HLT)	31	30	29	9	11	9	6	2	127	28	21	19	8	1	2	1	80
Overal prevalence (%)
H	32.5	52.8	43.8	53.8	50.0	77.8	55.6	0.0	46.5	3.1	10.3	33.3	30.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	15.6
L	87.5	91.9	100.0	92.3	87.5	100.0	88.9	50.0	91.8	81.8	96.7	76.2	76.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	84.7
T	54.8	74.2	82.8	77.8	81.8	88.9	100.0	50.0	74.2	58.6	76.2	63.2	75.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	67.9
No infection (%)
0	6.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.6	17.9	0.0	10.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.8
Single infection (%)
H	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
L	19.4	16.7	13.8	11.1	9.1	0.0	0.0	50.0	14.2	21.4	23.8	21.1	25.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	21.3
T	6.5	3.3	0.0	0.0	9.1	0.0	16.7	50.0	4.7	3.6	4.8	15.8	25.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.8
Double infection (%)
HL	19.4	6.7	3.4	11.1	9.1	11.1	0.0	0.0	9.4	0.0	0.0	5.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3
HT	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	12.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3
LT	35.5	16.7	37.9	33.3	27.3	22.2	16.7	0.0	28.3	53.6	66.7	26.3	12.5	0.0	100.0	100.0	47.5
Triple infection (%)
HLT	12.9	56.7	44.8	44.4	45.5	66.7	66.7	0.0	41.7	3.6	4.8	21.1	25.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	11.3

H Haemoproteus, L Leucocytozoon, T Trypanosoma