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Table 2 The prevalence of Campylobacter spp. in wild birds and the allocation of bird species to ecological guild

From: Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in wild birds on Danish livestock farms

Ecological guilds

Species

Common name

Number tested W/S

Number positive W/S

% Campylobacter positive W/S

Aerial insectivorous

Delichon urbicum

Common house martin

0/83

0/0

0.0/0.0

Delichon urbicum (brood)

Common house martin, brood

0/2

0/0

0.0/0.0

Hirundu rustica

Barn swallow

0/128

0/10

0.0/7.8

Hirundu rustica (brood)

Barn swallow, brood

0/21

0/4

0.0/19.0

Bud-browser and seedeaters

Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Eurasian bullfinch

1/5

0/0

0.0/0.0

Columbids

Columba livia domesticus

Feral pigeon

3/3

1/0

33.3/0.0

Columba palumbus

Common wood pigeon

0/1

0/0

0.0/0.0

Streptopelia decaocto

Eurasian collared dove

2/3

0/0

0.0/0.0

Flycatcher

Muscicapa striata

Spotted flycatcher

0/2

0/1

0.0/50.0

Foliage-gleaners

Fringilla coelebs

Common chaffinch

26/2

0/0

0.0/0.0

Hippolais icterina

Icterine warbler

0/1

0/0

0.0/0.0

Phylloscopus collybita

Common chiffchaff

0/12

0/0

0.0/0.0

Phylloscopus trochilus

Willow warbler

0/18

0/3

0.0/16.7

Sylvia atricapilla

Eurasian blackcap

0/9

0/2

0.0/22.2

Sylvia borin

Garden warbler

0/9

0/0

0.0/0.0

Sylvia communis

Common whitethroat

0/44

0/5

0.0/11.4

Sylvia curruca

Lesser whitethroat

0/9

0/3

0.0/33.3

Gallinaceous birds

Phasianus colchicus

Common pheasant

1/0

0/0

0.0/0.0

Gulls

Larus canus

Mew gull

2/0

0/0

0.0/0.0

Insectivorous seedeaters

Emberiza citrinella

Yellowhammer

2/19

0/3

0.0/15.8

Emberiza calandra

Corn bunting

0/3

0/1

0.0/33.3

Marshwarblers

Acrocephalus palustris

Marsh warbler

0/5

0/0

0.0/0.0

Acrocephalus scirpaceus

Eurasian reed warbler

0/1

0/0

0.0/0.0

Omnivorous corvidae

Corvus frugilegus

Rook

2/0

0/0

0.0/0.0

Open-land insectivorous

Alauda arvensis

Eurasian skylark

0/1

0/0

0.0/0.0

Anthus trivialis

Tree pipit

0/1

0/0

0.0/0.0

Motacilla alba

White wagtail

0/7

0/4

0.0/57.1

Motacilla alba (brood)

White wagtail, brood

0/1

0/1

0.0/100.0

Passerine seedeaters

Carduelis cannabina

Common linnet

0/5

0/0

0.0/0.0

Carduelis carduelis

European goldfinch

0/3

0/0

0.0/0.0

Carduelis chloris

European greenfinch

70/20

0/1

0.0/5.0

Carduelis flammea

Common redpoll

3/0

0/0

0.0/0.0

Scolopacids

Tringa ochropus

Green sandpiper

0/1

0/0

0.0/0.0

Sparrows

Passer domesticus

House sparrow

214/152

38/51

17.8/33.6

Passer montanus

Eurasian tree sparrow

81/169

1/41

1.2/24.3

Stream specialist

Motacilla cinerea

Grey wagtail

0/1

0/0

0.0/0.0

Terrestrial and low fly-catching feeders

Erithacus rubecula

European robin

25/4

0/0

0.0/0.0

Luscinia luscinia

Thrush nightingale

0/1

0/0

0.0/0.0

Oenanthe oenanthe

Northern wheatear

0/1

0/0

0.0/0.0

Phoenicurus phoenicurus

Common redstart

0/3

0/0

0.0/0.0

Prunella modularis

Dunnock

9/9

4/2

44.4/22.2

Saxicola rubetra

Whinchat

0/3

0/0

0.0/0.0

Troglodytes troglodytes

Eurasian wren

16/18

0/0

0.0/0.0

Thrushes

Turdus merula

Common blackbird

119/55

63/44

52.9/80.0

Turdus pilaris

Fieldfare

3/0

3/0

100/0.0

Turdus viscivorus

Mistle thrush

1/0

0/0

0.0/0.0

Tit-like birds

Certhia brachydactyla

Short-toed treecreeper

1/0

0/0

0.0/0.0

Certhia familiaris

Eurasian treecreeper

0/1

0/0

0.0/0.0

Cyanistes caeruleus

Eurasian blue tit

30/15

0/0

0.0/0.0

Lophophanes cristatus

European crested tit

1/0

0/0

0.0/0.0

Parus major

Great tit

86/43

2/1

2.3/2.3

Poecile palustris

Marsh tit

5/3

0/0

0.0/0.0

Regulus regulus

Goldcrest

1/0

0/0

0.0/0.0

Sitta europaea

Eurasian nuthatch

1/0

0/0

0.0/0.0

No guild

Bombycilla garrulus

Bohemian waxwing

1/0

0/0

0.0/0.0

Sturnus vulgaris

Common starling

0/4

0/3

0.0/75.0

  1. The species and number of birds tested for Campylobacter spp., and the prevalence in each bird species in winter (W) and summer (S)