Research Article

Salmonella spp. in Wild Free-Living Birds from Atlantic Forest Fragments in Southern Bahia, Brazil

Table 1

Taxonomic and geographic identification of wild birds from the Atlantic Forest of southern Bahia, Brazil.

OrderFamilySpeciesCollection points (number of individuals)

ApodiformesTrochilidaeAnthracothorax nigricollisP2 (1)
Glaucis dohrniiP2 (1)

ColumbiformesColumbidaeGeotrygon montanaP3 (1)
Leptotila rufaxillaP2 (5)

PasseriformesDendrocolaptidaeCampylorhamphus trochilirostrisP3 (1)
Dendrocincla turdinaP1 (3), P2 (3), P3 (1)
Dendrocolaptes platyrostrisP2 (2)
Unidentified speciesP2 (1)
Glyphorynchus spirurusP3 (4)
Sittasomus griseicapillusP1 (1)
Xiphorhynchus fuscusP1 (2), P2 (2), P3 (4)
FringillidaeEuphonia chloroticaP2 (1)
FurnariidaeAutomolus leucophthalmusP3 (1)
GrallariidaeUnidentified speciesP3 (1)
OnychorhynchidaeMyiobius barbatusP2 (1)
PasserellidaeArremon taciturnusP2 (1)
PipridaeCeratopipra rubrocapillaP2 (7), P3 (5)
Dixiphia pipraP3 (9)
Machaeropterus regulusP1 (1), P3 (5)
Manacus manacusP2 (3), P3 (4)
RhynchocyclidaeUnidentified speciesP3 (1)
ThraupidaeCoereba flaveolaP2 (1)
Saltator maximusP2 (1)
Tangara palmarumP2 (2)
Tangara seledonP2 (1)
TurdidaeTurdus amaurochalinusP2 (1)
Turdus leucomelasP1 (1), P2 (9), P3 (8)
Turdus rufiventrisP1 (7), P2 (5), P3 (1)
TyrannidaeAttila rufusP1 (2)
Unidentified speciesP3 (1)
Rhytipterna simplexP2 (1)

PiciformesPicidaeCeleus flavescensP3 (1)

One sample was positive for Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica serotype Agona.