Table 2 Breakdown of finch species with leg lesions detected on post-mortem examination, April 2005–December 2015.
From: Spatio-temporal dynamics and aetiology of proliferative leg skin lesions in wild British finches
Species | Total no. of birds examined post mortem | Total no. of birds with leg lesions (%); from No. of sites | Sex of birds with leg lesions |
|---|---|---|---|
Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs | 250 | 39 (16%); 37 | 26 male; 11 female; 2 undetermined |
Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula | 45 | 4 (9%); 4 | 2 male; 1 female; 1 undetermined |
Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis | 91 | 1 (1%); 1 | 1 female |
Greenfinch Chloris chloris | 617 | 1 (0.2%); 1 | 1 undetermined |
Siskin Spinus spinus | 47 | 0 | N/A |
Lesser redpoll Acanthis flammea | 4 | 0 | N/A |
Brambling Fringilla montifringilla | 8 | 0 | N/A |
Hawfinch Coccothrautes coccothraustes | 2 | 0 | N/A |
Common crossbill Loxia curvirostra | 1 | 0 | N/A |
Linnet Acanthis cannabina | 1 | 0 | N/A |
TOTAL | 1066 | 45 (4%); 42 |
