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Vol. 51 No. 8, 2012
Species Diversity of Ticks (Acari: Ixodida) on Migrating Birds on the Baltic Sea Coast of Poland
Magdalena Nowak-Chmura1,*, Krzysztof Siuda1, Zofia Wegner2, and Krzysztof Piksa1
1Department
of Invertebrate Zoology and Parasitology, Institute of Biology,
Pedagogical Univ. of Cracow, Podbrzezie 3, Kraków 31-054, Poland
2Department
of Tropical Parasitology, Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine,
Medical Univ. of Gdańsk, Powstania Styczniowego 9B, Gdynia 81-519,
Poland
Magdalena Nowak-Chmura, Krzysztof Siuda, Zofia Wegner, and Krzysztof Piksa (2012) A
collection of ticks found on migrating birds from the Baltic Sea coast
in Poland was examined. Birds were captured under the
ornithological project entitled “Operation Baltic” and examined to
detect the presence of ticks. Research programs were conducted
separately in the spring and autumn migrations of 1981. In the
spring, 588 tick specimens were detected on 245 of 2483 specimens of
birds, while in the autumn, 899 tick specimens were found on 257 of
1467 birds that were examined. Four tick species were identified
from the spring collection: Ixodes arboricola, I. frontalis, I. ricinus, and I. eldaricus, with a dominant role played by I. ricinus. In the autumn I. ricinus was the only species recorded. The vast majority of collected specimens were poorly fed young larvae and nymphs.
Key words: Ixodida, Ticks, Migrating birds, Transfer, Poland, Baltic Sea.
*Correspondence: Tel: 48-12-6626703. Fax: 48-12-6626682. E-mail:mnowak@up.krakow.pl
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