Predators and parasites Garden warbler

the common cuckoo brood parasite of garden warbler.

the main predators of garden warbler eurasian sparrowhawks , domestic cats. falcons take adults, , eleonora s falcon hunts garden warbler , many other small passerines migrate across mediterranean. eurasian jays , eurasian magpies take eggs , young of warblers, mammals such stoats, weasels , squirrels. garden warbler host of common cuckoo, brood parasite. blackcap has lower level of parasitism relative because cuckoo s eggs rejected.

external parasites of garden warbler include fleas ceratophyllus gallinae , dasypsyllus gallinulae , mite syringophilosis borini, named after host. 2 species of protozoan parasites in genus isospora occur in garden warblers, i. sylvianthina , i. sylviae. samples 2 sites showed infection levels above 74% , 28% respectively 2 species. extent of infection not impact on bird s body mass or amount of body fat. 3 strains of protozoan, haemoproteus parabelopolskyi found in garden warbler, , form monophyletic group. seventeen further members of group found in blackcap, , 3 occur in african hill babbler, supporting shared ancestry of 3 bird species.