Beware of hitchhiking ticks? Clarifying the variable roles of bird species in tick movement along migratory routes by Lars Burnus, Joe Wynn, Miriam Liedvogel, Robert E. Rollins

“…In total, 35 studies were found which showed 123 bird species from 37 families and 12 orders connected to potential movement of 30 tick species representing six genera (Amblyomma, Dermacentor, Haemaphysalis, Hyalomma, Ixodes, Rhipicephalus). Most tick species did not show high abundance for any bird species, or, if they did, only on very few. …”
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