Tick Parasitism in Several Japanese Tits in the Zuojia Nature Reserve, Jilin Province, China | [Pakistan Journal of Zoology • 2025]

Author(s):

1. Mingju E: School of Life Sciences, Changchun Normal University, 677 Changjibei Road, Changchun 130032, China; Jilin Functional Biomolecule Engineering Research Center, Changchun Normal University, 677 Changjibei Road, Changchun 130032, China

2. Kaiyan Li: Jilin Engineering Laboratory for Avian Ecology and Conservation Genetics, School of Life Sciences, Northeast Normal University, 5268 Renmin Street, Changchun 130024, China

3. Fangbing Liu: School of Life Sciences, Changchun Normal University, 677 Changjibei Road, Changchun 130032, China; Jilin Functional Biomolecule Engineering Research Center, Changchun Normal University, 677 Changjibei Road, Changchun 130032, China

4. Lumeng Xu: School of Life Sciences, Changchun Normal University, 677 Changjibei Road, Changchun 130032, China

5. Duo Liu: School of Life Sciences, Changchun Normal University, 677 Changjibei Road, Changchun 130032, China; Jilin Functional Biomolecule Engineering Research Center, Changchun Normal University, 677 Changjibei Road, Changchun 130032, China

Abstract:

Ticks as highly specialized blood-sucking arthropods have been reported to parasitize birds. However, in Paridae, there are only reported tick parasitism cases in a few species. In May-July 2023, four adult Japanese tits (Parus minor) were found to be parasitized by ticks for the first time in Northeast China. One of the adult hosts was found dead during the incubating period in the nest, and three of the parasitized adult hosts were found while ringing adult birds. All four adult Japanese tits were parasitized by only a single tick each, and the attachment site was under the neck. In addition, the body length and body weight of these four parasitized individuals were higher than the average of those unparasitized individuals. Here, we suggested that one of the original tick species in our study area expanded its host range to include the tits, and the hosts with larger body size are more likely to be parasitized by ticks.

Page(s): 975-978

DOI: 10.17582/journal.pjz/20240916165210

Published: Journal: Pakistan Journal of Zoology, Volume: 57, Issue: 2, Year: 2025

Keywords:

Ticks , Ectoparasites , Japanese tits , Parus minor

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