Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Autónoma University of Madrid, Darwin Street 2, Madrid. 28049, Spain.
Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Alcalá, Avenue of Madrid, Alcalá de Henares. 28802, Spain.
Ann Parasitol. 2022;68(1):185-189. doi: 10.17420/ap6801.423.
The reed bunting is a passerine bird of the Palearctic region, some subspecies suffer a decline in their populations. Four species of lice have been cited in reed bunting, but lice studies have not been carried out in the Iberian Peninsula. Between 2018 and 2020 a wintering population of the reed bunting is sampled in the center of the Iberian Peninsula through mist nets. Lice were collected directly from birds by a visual body examination. Of the 208 reed buntings sampled, only four individuals were parasitized. We find two species: Menacanthus chrysophaeus, which is the first record in Iberian lice, and Brueelia blagovescenskyi. Lice are not associated with the sex or age of the birds. The prevalence obtained is low compared to other European populations. This difference can be explained by the phenology of the subspecies, the migratory populations have a lower load of lice than sedentary populations.
芦苇莺是古北界的一种雀形目鸟类，一些亚种的数量正在减少。芦苇莺身上已经发现了四种虱子，但在伊比利亚半岛还没有进行虱子研究。2018 年至 2020 年，通过雾网在伊比利亚半岛中心对越冬的芦苇莺进行了抽样调查。通过肉眼检查直接从鸟类身上采集虱子。在 208 只被抽样的芦苇莺中，只有 4 只被寄生。我们发现了两种虱子：Menacanthus chrysophaeus，这是在伊比利亚虱子中首次发现的，以及 Brueelia blagovescenskyi。虱子与鸟类的性别或年龄无关。与其他欧洲种群相比，我们获得的流行率较低。这种差异可以用亚种的物候学来解释，迁徙种群的虱子负担比定居种群要低。
