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Table 1 Number of male and female birds captured in Madagascar and Cape Verde

From: Extremely low Plasmodium prevalence in wild plovers and coursers from Cape Verde and Madagascar

 

Madagascar

Cape Verde

 

Females

Males

Females

Males

Cream-coloured courser

  

9

11

20

Kentish plover

  

10

10

20

Kittlitz’s plover

29a

29

  

58

Madagascar plover

28

27

  

55

White-fronted plover

28

27a

  

55

Total bird sampled

85

83

19

21

208

  1. Three Madagascar plovers, two white-fronted plovers and two Kittlitz’s plovers were sampled twice along the study period
  2. aOne individual was infected in both species by Plasmodium