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Table 3 Ticks collected from birds during banding activities between 2019 and 2024, Rio Grande Valley of South Texas

From: Bird–tick and human–tick encounters in the Rio Grande Valley (Texas, USA): ecological associations and pathogen detections

Birds (n)

Migratory status

Capture date

Amblyomma geayi

Amblyomma inornatum

Amblyomma longirostre

Amblyomma maculatum

Amblyomma tenellum

Ixodes keiransi

ACFL (2)

B, LD

25 April 2023

  

2 (L, N)

   

CARW (1)

B, NM

25 February 2024

   

1 (N)

  

CCTH (2)

B, NM

1 October 2023, 21 April 2024

 

1 (N)

  

1 (N)

 

LBTH (3)

B, NM

3 September, 18 August 2024

 

9 (2L, 4N, 3A)

    

LISP (1)

NB, MD

4 January 2023

   

1 (N)

  

REVI (1)

B, LD

12 May 2019

2 (L)

     

RSHA (1)

B, NM

1 February 2020

     

1 (N)

SWTH (1)

NB, LD

19 May 2019

  

1 (L)

   
  

Total

2

10

3

2

1

1

  1. Total numbers are highlighted in bold
  2. ACFL Acadian Flycatcher, CARW Carolina Wren, CCTH Clay-colored Thrush, LISP Lincoln’s Sparrow, LBTH Long-billed Thrasher, REVI Red-eyed Vireo, RSHA Red-shouldered Hawk, SWTH Swainson’s Thrush B breeding in Texas, NB non-breeder in Texas, LD long-distance migrant, MD medium-distance migrant, NM non-migratory, L larva, N nymph, A adult. References used to include the migratory status are listed [6, 54, 73,74,75,76]. Blank spaces mean none infested
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