Research Article
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 | |
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Migration status: M: migrant, R: resident.
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