Prevalence and Diversity of Avian Haematozoan Parasites in Wetlands of Bangladesh

Table 1

Number of the examined birds, their migration status and blood parasite prevalence (in %) in different bird families and species.

Birds families/; species	Migration; status	Number of examined birds	Genus Haemoproteus		Genus Plasmodium		Genus Leucocytozoon
			Prevalence (%)	Parasite species	Prevalence (%)	Parasite species	Prevalence (%)	Parasite species
Anatidae		140	17.9		16.4		0.7
Anas acuta	M	32	9.4	H. greineri (2),; H. nettionis	18.8	P. (G) circumflexum (2),; P. (H) lutzi,; P. (H) relictum (2),; P. (Haemamoeba) sp.
Anas clypeata	M	3			66.7	P. (H) relictum (2)
Anas crecca	M	4					25.0	Leucocytozoon sp.
Anas falcata	M	1
Anas penelope	M	2			50.0	P. (H) relictum
Anas querquedula	M	7			28.6	P. (H) relictum,; P. (Haemamoeba) sp.
Anas strepera	M	12	8.3	H. greineri	25.0	P. (H) lutzi,; P. (H) relictum,; P. (Haemamoeba) sp.
Aythya ferina	M	10	50.0	H. greineri (2),; Mixed H. greineri and; H. nettionis (1),; H. nettionis (2)	10.0	P. (G) circumflexum
Aythya fuligula	M	26	3.8	H. greineri	15.4	P. (G) circumflexum (2),; P. (H) relictum (2)
Aythya nyroca	M	14	42.9	H. greineri (3), H. nettionis (3)	7.1	P. (Haemamoeba) sp.
Netta rufina	M	4	75.0	H. greineri (2),; H. (Parahaemoproteus) sp.	25.0	P. (H) relictum
Nettapus coromandelianus	R	9			11.1	P. (G) circumflexum
Tadorna ferruginea	M	13	23.1	H. greineri (3)	7.7	P. (H) relictum
Tadorna tadorna	M	3	100.0
Dendrocygnidae		43	7.0		9.3		2.3
Dendrocygna bicolor	R	36	8.3	H. (Parahaemoproteus) sp. (3)	8.3	P. (G) polarae,; P. (H) relictum (2)	2.8	Leucocytozoon sp.
Dendrocygna javanica	R	7			14.3	P. (G) circumflexum
Accipitridae		1
Circus melanoleucos	M	1
Ardeidae		15			20.0
Ardea cinerea	R	1
Ardeola grayii	R	8
Bubulcus ibis	R	1
Egretta garzetta	R	1
Mesophoyx intermedia	R	2			100.0	P. (G) polarae
Nycticorax nycticorax	R	2			50.0	P. (H) relictum
Charadriidae		8	12.5		12.5
Charadrius dubius	R	6	16.7	H. scolopaci
Vanellus cinereus	M	2			50.0	P. (H) relictum
Jacanidae		4
Hydrophasians chirurgus	R	4
Laridae		34	44.1		8.8
Chlidonias hybridus	M	1
Larus brunnicephalus	M	7			28.6	P. (H) relictum (2)
Larus ridibundus	M	26	57.7	H. plataleae (15)	3.9	P. (G) lophurae,
Phalacrocoracidae		1
Phalacrocorax carbo	M	1
Podicipedidae		4			25.0
Podiceps cristatus	M	2			50.0	P. (Giovannolaia) sp.
Tachybaptus ruficollis	R	2
Rostratulidae		2			50.0
Rostratula benghalensis	M	2			50.0	P. (H) relictum
Scolopacidae		24			20.8
Calidris alpina	M	2
Calidris minuta	M	10
Calidris temminckii	M	1
Gallinago stenura	M	1
Limnodromous semipalmatus	M	1
Tringa stagnatilis	M	2			50.0	P. (H) relictum
Tringa totanus	M	7			57.1	P. (H) relictum (4)
Rallidae		38			18.4
Fulica atra	M	32			15.6	P. (H) lutzi (3),; P. (H) relictum (2)
Gallicrex cinerea	R	2
Gallinura chloropus	M	1			100.0	P. (H) lutzi
Porphyrio porphyrio	R	3			33.3	P. (H) lutzi
Sturnidae		2	50.0
Sturnus contra	R	2	50.0	H. pastoris
Sylviidae		2
Acrocephalus stentoreus	M	1
Megalurus palustris	R	1
Eurostopodidae		1
Eurostopodus macrotis	R	1
Total		319	13.2		15.1		0.6

Migration status: M: migrant, R: resident.