Haemosporidian blood parasite diversity and prevalence in the semi-collared flycatcher ( Ficedula semitorquata ) from the eastern Balkans

Peev, Strahil; Zehtindjiev, Pavel; Ilieva, Mihaela; Träff, Johan; Briedis, Martins; Adamík, Peter

doi:10.1016/j.parint.2016.09.007

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“…The Eurasian blackcap ( Sylvia atricapilla) , the willow warbler and the purple sunbird ( Cinnyris asiaticus ) were recorded as new host species for this lineage in this study. In previous studies, the CCF2 lineage was reported in birds of the Fringillidae, Paridae, Turdidae, Muscicapidae, Emberizidae and Hirundinidae families [ 41 , 46 , 47 , 48 , 49 , 50 , 51 ]. In this study, the lineage CCF2 was detected in white-eared bulbul , house sparrow and purple sunbird for the first time.…”

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Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Avian Haemosporidian Parasites in Southern Iran

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Avian haemosporidians are widespread and diverse and are classified in the genera Plasmodium, Haemoproteus, Leucocytozoon, and Fallisia. These species are known to cause haemosporidiosis and decreased fitness of their hosts. Despite the high diversity of habitats and animal species in Iran, only few studies have addressed avian haemosporidians in this geographic area. This study was performed in the south and southeast of Iran during the bird breeding seasons in 2017 and 2018, with the aim to partly fill in this gap. Blood samples of 237 passerine birds belonging to 41 species and 20 families were collected. Parasite infections were identified using a nested PCR protocol targeting a 479-base-pair fragment of the mitochondrial cytochrome b (cytb) gene of Haemoproteus, Plasmodium and Leucocytozoon species. The overall prevalence of haemosporidian parasites was 51.1%, and 55 different lineages were identified, of which 15 cytb lineages were new globally. The lineages of Haemoproteus predominated (63.6% of all detected lineages), followed by Leucocytozoon and Plasmodium. Nineteen new host records of haemosporidian cytb lineages were identified, and the majority of them were found in resident bird species, indicating local transmission. Thirteen co-infections (9.8% of infected individuals) of Haemoproteus and Leucocytozoon parasites in seven host species were observed. This study shows the presence of active local transmission of parasites to resident bird species in the southeast of Iran and contributes to the knowledge on haemosporidian parasite biodiversity in this poorly studied region of the world.

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Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Avian Haemosporidian Parasites in Southern Iran

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“…Wood et al ., 2007) or approximately equal (e.g. Dubiec et al ., 2016; Peev et al ., 2016) prevalence. The sex related differences in blood parasite prevalence during breeding might result from the fact that males and females of various species follow different strategies during spring migration and/or during breeding.…”

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“…In other passerines, older individuals were frequently found to be more infected than 1-year-old ones (e.g. Wojczulanis-Jakubas et al ., 2012; Dubiec et al ., 2016; Szöllősi et al ., 2016; but see Merilä et al ., 1995; Peev et al ., 2016). This is because vectors had more time and opportunities to infect those individuals that have already lived longer (Valkiūnas, 2005; Knowles et al ., 2011).…”

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“…The other complicating circumstance is that most field studies have focused on the investigation of the effects of these parasites during the breeding period (e.g. Hatchwell et al ., 2000; Schrader et al ., 2003; Dubiec et al ., 2016; Peev et al ., 2016) or the spring migration period of the birds (e.g. Rintamäki et al ., 1997; Garvin et al ., 2006; DeGroote and Rodewald, 2010).…”

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Malaria infection status of European Robins seems to associate with timing of autumn migration but not with actual condition

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Avian malaria parasites can negatively affect many aspects of the life of the passerines. Though these parasites may strongly affect the health and thus migration patterns of the birds also during autumn, previous studies on avian malaria focused mainly on the spring migration and the breeding periods of the birds. We investigated whether the prevalence of blood parasites varies in relation to biometrical traits, body condition and arrival time in the European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) during autumn migration. We found no sex or age related differences in avian malaria prevalence and no relationship between infection status and body size or actual condition of the birds was found either. However, the timing of autumn migration differed marginally between infected and non-infected juveniles, so that parasitized individuals arrived later at the Hungarian stopover site. This is either because avian malaria infections adversely affect the migration timing or migration speed of the birds, or because later arriving individuals come from more distant populations with possibly higher blood parasite prevalence. The possible delay that parasites cause in the arrival time of the birds during autumn migration could affect the whole migratory strategy and the breeding success of the birds in the next season.

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“…Previous studies in populations of this species screened either molecularly or using blood smears showed the prevalence range between 6.9 and 61•2% in the case of haemospiridians (Bennett et al 1994;Dale et al 1996;Siikamäki et al 1997;Sanz et al 2001a;Wiersch et al 2007;Kulma et al 2013) and between 1•1 and 40•6% in the case of trypanosomes (Bennett et al 1994;Dale et al 1996;Siikamäki et al 1997;Sanz et al 2001a). The detected haemosporidian prevalence is also much higher than the prevalence (estimated based on molecular screening) reported in two closely related speciesthe collared (Ficedula albicollis) and the semicollared flycatchers (Ficedula semitorquata) (Szöllősi et al 2008;Kulma et al 2013;Peev et al 2016). The comparison of four pied flycatcher populations, which were screened molecularly for the presence of haemosporidian Data were analysed with generalized linear mixed models (GLMM) with sex and age as categorical explanatory variables and study year as a random variable (effect not shown).…”

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Haemoparasites of the pied flycatcher: inter-population variation in the prevalence and community composition

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The prevalence and community composition of haemoparasites can substantially differ among avian host populations, which may lead to different selection pressures. Therefore, information about these parameters is crucial for understanding, e.g. the inter-population variation in host life history traits. Here, we molecularly screened a population of a long-distance migrant, the pied flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca, from central Poland for the presence of three genera of blood parasites: Haemoproteus, Plasmodium and Trypanosoma. The infection rate in this population was the highest for haemosporidians (86·8%) and one of the highest for trypanosomes (39·7%) among the thus far screened breeding populations of this species. The haemosporidian community was composed of six Haemoproteus/Plasmodium lineages, and the trypanosome community - 4 species and a parasite assigned to genus level. Trypanosomes were dominated by T. culicavium, a recently described species, corroborating the prediction that insectivorous songbirds are vertebrate hosts of this parasite. Host sex and age did not explain variation in infection incidence except for the higher trypanosome infection rates in males. A comparison of the study population with three other breeding populations previously screened molecularly for haemosporidians showed some geographic differences. This study confirms the importance of examining local parasite communities across a host distribution range.

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Haemosporidian blood parasite diversity and prevalence in the semi-collared flycatcher ( Ficedula semitorquata ) from the eastern Balkans

Cited by 6 publications

References 36 publications

Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Avian Haemosporidian Parasites in Southern Iran

Prevalence and Genetic Diversity of Avian Haemosporidian Parasites in Southern Iran

Malaria infection status of European Robins seems to associate with timing of autumn migration but not with actual condition

Haemoparasites of the pied flycatcher: inter-population variation in the prevalence and community composition

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