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Feather mites - Examination Statistics Examination period: 15.12.1999 - 31.12.2014 Results Positive Negative 1 Adelaid Rosella Platycercus adelaidae 0 1 2 Green Peafowl Pavo muticus 0 1 3 Fulvous Babbler Turdoides fulvus 0 1 4 Rainbow Lory Trichoglossus haematodus 0 1 5 Alpine Accentor Prunella collaris 1 0 6 Alpine Chough Pyrrhocorax graculus 0 2 7 Red-billed Chough Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax 0 2 8 Rock Ptarmigan Lagopus mutus 0 1 9 Alpin Swift Apus melba 1 0 10 Dunlin Calidris alpina 12 1 11 Red-billied Fire Finch Lagonosticta senegala 23 32 12 Brauilian Teal Amazonetta brasiliensis brasiliensis 0 3 13 Amboina King Parrot Alisterus amboinensis 0 1 14 Violet Starling Cinnyricinclus leucogaster 2 0 15 Blackbird Turdus azorensis 1 0 16 Blackbird Turdus merula 62 36 17 Andean Goose Chloephaga melanoptera 1 0 18 Andean Lapwing Vanellus resplendens 0 1 19 Andean Gull Larus serranus 0 1 20 Andean Flicker Colaptes rupicola 1 1 21 Yellow-rumped Seedeater Serinus atrogularis 0 1 22 Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus angolensis 0 1 23 Antarctic Tern Sterna vittata 0 1 24 South Polar Skua Catharacta maccormicki 1 1 25 Black-cowled Oriole Icterus dominicensis 0 1 26 Scarlet Macaw Ara macao 0 4 27 Lesser Frigate Bird Fregata ariel 1 0 28 Ash-breasted Sierra Finch Phrygilus plebejus 1 0 29 Western Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus 1 1 30 Compact Weaver Ploceus superciliosus 1 0 31 Yellow-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus goiavier 0 1 32 Augur Buzzard Buteo augur 1 0 33 Crimson-winged Pytilia Pytilia phoenicoptera 10 3 34 Palaearctic Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 20 2 35 Sierra Parakeet Bolborhynchus aymara 1 0 36 Bue-necked Tanger Tangara cyanicollis 0 2 37 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 2 5 38 Bahama Pintail Anas bahamensis 0 1 39 Bali Myna Leucopsar rothschildi 0 1 40 Cut-throat Weaver Amadina fasciata 16 11 41 Lammergeier Gypaetus barbatus 1 0 42 Moustached Grass Warbler Melocichla mentalis 0 1 43 Great Grey Owl Strix nebulosa 0 1 44 Bearded Reedling Panurus biarmicus 52 3 45 Northern Gannet Morus bassanus 2 2 46 Port Lincoln Parrot Barnardius zonarius 0 1 47 Northern Hobby Falco subbuteo 1 1 48 Green Wood Hoopoe Phoeniculus purpureus 1 1 49 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 2 2 50 Common Snipe Gallinago gallinago 2 5 51 Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis 0 1 52 Greater Scaup Aythya marila 2 1 53 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 6 0 54 Black-winged Lovebird Agapornis taranta 5 3 55 Regent Parrot Polytelis anthopeplus 0 1 56 Penduline Tit Remiz pendulinus 1 0 57 European Bee Eater Merops apiaster 2 2 58 White-winged Crossbill Loxia leucoptera 0 1 59 Star Finch Bathilda ruficauda 0 25 60 Redpoll Carduelis flammea 4 0 61 Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix 5 1 62 Blanford's Rosefinch Carpodacus rubescens 0 1 63 White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons 1 3 64 Black Coot Fulica atra 26 15 65 Pale-headed Rosella Platycercus adscitus 1 3 66 Verreaux's Eagle Owl Bubo lacteus 0 1 67 Blue-bellied Roller Coracias cyanogaster 3 0 68 Azure-winged Magpie Cyanopica cyana 0 1 69 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors 0 1 70 Black-headed Tanager Tangara cyanoptera 2 0 71 Pacifik Parrotlet Forpus coelestis 0 19 72 Blue-capped Cordon-bleu Uraeginthus cyanocephalus 12 17 73 Hispaniolan Amazon Amazona ventralis 0 1 69 Blue Tit Parus caeruleus 28 7 70 Siberian Blue Robin Luscinia cyane 1 0 71 Blue-naped Mousebird Urocolius macrourus 5 3 72 European Roller Coracias garrulus 0 1 73 Blue-fronted Amazon Amazona aestiva 0 11 74 Blue-crowned Conure Aratinga acuticaudata haemorrhous 0 1 75 Rainbow Lory Trichoglossus haematodus capistratus 1 2 76 Blue-throated Barbet Megalaima asiatica 0 1 77 Blood Pheasant Ithaginis cruentus 0 2 78 Linnet Carduelis cannabina 14 0 79 Red-billed Quelea Quelea quelea 0 2 80 Japanese Waxwing Bombycilla japonica 1 0 81 Bolle's Pigeon Columba bolli 1 0 82 Bourke's Parrot Neopsephotus bourkii 10 0 83 Common Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 13 2 84 Cabot's Tragopan Tragopan caboti 1 0 85 Brown-breasted Barbet Lybius melanopterus 0 1 86 Chestnut-breasted Mannikin Lonchura castaneothorax 0 1 87 Brown Eared-Pheasant Crossopzilon mantchuricum 0 1 88 Speckled Mousebird Colius striatus 1 3 89 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 4 2 90 Brown-throated Sand Martin Risparia paludicola 1 0 Seite 1 von 9 91 Golden-winged Parakeet Brotogeris chrysopterus 0 1 92 Brown-headed Parrot Poicephalus cryptoxanthus 2 0 93 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis 0 1 94 Sudan Golden Sparrow Auripasser luteus 2 0 95 Ruppel's Robin Chat Crossypha semirufa 0 1 96 Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata 0 1 97 Long-crested Helmet Shrike Prionops plumata 2 0 98 Emerald-spotted Wood Dove Turtus chalcospilos 0 1 99 Common Bronzewing Phaps chalcoptera 1 0 100 Green Imperial Pigeon Ducula aenea 0 2 101 Wood Sandpieper Tringa glareola 1 0 102 Fringilla coelebs Fringilla coelebs 25 2 103 Bufflehead Bucephala albeola 0 1 104 Red-billed Buffalo Weaver Bubalomis niger 3 3 105 Green-winged Pytilia Pytilia melba 1 2 106 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 26 1 107 Four-banded Sandgrouse Pterocles quadricinctus 1 0 108 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 1 1 109 Pekin Robin Leiothrix lutea 0 6 110 Lord Derby's Parakeet Psittacula derbiana 0 4 111 Chinese Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis 0 1 112 Indian Blue Quail Coturnix chinensis 1 15 113 Cloncurry Parakeet Barnardius b. macgillivrayi 3 0 114 Magpin Robin Copsychus saularis 0 2 115 Lesser Rhea Pterocnemia pennata 0 1 116 Fiery-shouldered Conure Pyrrhura egregia) 2 3 117 White-collared Yuhina Yuhina diademata 1 0 118 Diamond Firetail Finch Staganopleura guttata 1 14 119 Diamond Dove Strictopelia cuneata 1 12 120 Large-billed Crow Corvus macrorhynchos 0 1 121 Brunnich's Guillemot Uria lomvia 0 2 122 Jackdaw Corvus monedula 5 4 123 Luzon Bleeding Heart Gallicolumba luzonica 0 1 124 Southern Black-backed Gull Larus dominicanus 1 0 125 Pin-tailed Whydah Vidua macroura 2 3 126 Two-banded Courser Rhinoptilus africanus 6 2 127 Yellow-headed Amazon Amazona o. oratrix 0 4 128 Red-browed Waxbill Aegintha temporalis 1 0 129 Whitethroat Sylvia communis 0 2 130 Brown-headed Tchagra Tchagra australis 0 1 131 Blue-faced Parrot Finch Erythrura trichroa 0 3 132 Superb Starling Lamprotornis superbus 2 3 133 Chestnut Mannikin Lonchura malacca 2 1 134 Black-legged Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 4 7 135 White-headed Jungle Babbler Turdoides striatus 1 1 136 African Fire Finch Lagonosticta rubricata 3 2 137 Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus 0 1 138 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 0 1 139 African Citril Finch Dentrospiza citrinelloides 0 1 140 Dybowski's Dusky Twin-spot Euschistospiza dybowskii 2 1 141 Eclectus Parrot Eclectus roratus 1 4 142 Jay Garrulus glandarius 15 11 143 Common Eider Somateria mollissima 15 4 144 Spotless Starling Sturnus unicolor 0 1 145 Red-collared Whydah Euplectes ardens concolor 0 1 146 Long-tailed Duck Clangula hyemalis 2 0 147 Glaucous Gull Larus Hyperboreus 0 1 148 Northern Fulmar Fulmarus glacialis 0 16 149 River Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 0 7 150 Lilacine Amazon Amazona autumnalis lilacina 0 2 151 Eleonora's Falcon Falco eleonorae 0 2 152 Black-cheeked Waxbill Estrilda erythronotos 2 2 153 Elliot's Fasan Syrmaticus ellioti 0 1 154 Black-billed Magpie Pica pica 14 7 155 Pied Hornbill Tockus fasciatus 1 0 156 Emma's Conure Pyrrhura leucotis emma 0 1 157 Nyasa Lovebird Agapornis lilianae 3 0 158 Whithe's Trush Zoothera dauma 0 1 159 Spruce Siskin Carduelis spinus 19 1 160 Tawny Frogmouth Podargus strigoides 1 0 161 White Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 0 3 162 European Wigeon Anas penelope 0 1 163 Common Quail Coturnix coturnix 1 0 164 Hawk-headed Parrot Deroptyus accipitrinus 0 1 165 Pallid Swift Apus pallidus 0 1 166 Long-tailed Skua Stercorarius longicaudus 0 1 167 Yellow-necked Greenbul Chlorocichla falkensteini 1 0 168 Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 179 12 169 Eurasian Sky Lark Alauda arvensis 29 1 170 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 3 1 171 Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 15 4 172 Patagonien Conure Cyanoliseus patagonus 0 1 173 Finsch's Wheatear Oenanthe finschii 0 1 174 Rock Dove Columba livia 1 0 175 Oilbird Steatornis caripensis 1 1 176 Grey-cheeked Parakeet Brotogeris pyrrhopterus 1 0 177 Northern Red Bishop Euplectes franciscanus 40 1 178 Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 3 2 179 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 2 1 180 Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus 1 0 181 Great Black-headed Gull Larus ichthyaetus 0 1 182 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 7 8 183 Red&Yellow Barbet Trachyphonus erythrocephalus 3 1 184 Red-crowned Bishop Euplectes hordeaceus 9 1 185 Spotted Eagle Owl Bubo africanus 0 1 186 Black-backed Magpie Gymnorhina tibicen 2 0 187 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 1 0 188 Tree-coloured Parrot Finch Erythrura tricolor 0 3 189 Black.capped Lory Lorius lory 1 2 190 Pink-necked Green Pigeon Treron vernans 0 1 Seite 2 von 9 191 Bearded Barbet Lybius dubius 0 1 192 Smal Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus 0 1 193 Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus 2 2 194 Goosander Mergus merganser 0 1 195 Short-toed Treecreeper Certhia brachydactyla 2 1 196 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 5 0 197 Common Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 3 4 198 Rainbow Lory Trichoglossus haematotus moluccanus 2 7 199 East African Swee Waxbill Estrilda melanotis 0 2 200 Yellow Canary Serinus flaviventris 1 3 201 Green Rosella Platycercus caledonicus 3 0 202 Yellow-browed Bunting Emberiza chrysophrys 1 0 203 Yellow-breasted Fruit Dove Ptilinopus occipitalis 1 0 204 Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor 0 1 205 Blue & Yellow Macaw Ara ararauna 1 7 206 Yellow-rumped Seedeater Serinus xanthopygius 0 1 207 Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Cacatua galerita 0 4 208 Yellow-headed Bunting Emberiza elegans 0 1 209 Chattering
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