Haemoproteus were determined in the globally-threatened Aquatic Warbler Acrocephalus
paludicola. Birds were sampled during migration in Portugal and at the wintering quarters in
Senegal and parasites were detected using molecular methods. Only three generalist
parasite lineages (Plasmodium) were found. There were no significant differences in the
prevalence of parasites between sexes in Europe, but adults had higher prevalence than …