Table 1 Haemosporidian parasite species described from or reported commonly in accipitriform birds
From: Avian haemosporidian parasites of accipitriform raptors
Parasite species | Authors | Type host (bold) and additional hosts | Type locality |
|---|---|---|---|
Haemoproteus buteonis | Wingstrand, 1947 | Buteo buteo, (Accipiter cooperii, Accipiter nisus, Aquila nipalensis Buteo platypterus, Buteo rufinus, Circus aeruginosus, Pernis apivorus, Pernis ptilorhynchus) | Sweden |
Haemoproteus catharti hCATAUR01 | Greiner et al. 2011 | Cathartes aura | South Carolina (USA) |
Haemoproteus elani hBUBT1 | Mello, 1935 | Elanus caeruleus, (Accipiter cooperii, Accipiter gentilis, Accipiter melanoleucus, Accipiter nisus, Accipiter striatus, Aegypius tracheliotus, Aquila rapax, Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo lagopus, Buteo lineatus, Circaetus gallicus, Gyps africanus, Hieraaetus fasciatus) | Goa (western India) |
Haemoproteus janovyi | Greiner and Mundy, 1979 | Gyps africanus, (Melierax canorus, Necrosyrtes monachus, Torgos tracheliotus, Trigonoceps occipitalis) | Northwest Zimbabwe |
Haemoproteus nisi | Peirce and Marquiss, 1983 | Accipiter nisus, (Accipiter cooperi, Accipiter soloensis, Accipiter striatus, Accipiter tachiro, Accipiter trivirgatus, Accipiter virgatus, Aquila clanga, Aquila wahlbergi, Butastur indicus, Buteo buteo, Buteo jamaicensis, Circus aeruginosus, Circus cyaneus, Circus macrourus, Circus pygargus, Melierax metabates, Milvus migrans) | Scotland (UK) |
Leucocytozoon audieri | Laveran and Nattan-Larrier, 1911 | Haliaeetus vocifer | Congo |
Leucocytozoon bacelari | Tendeiro, 1947 | Kaupifalco monogrammicus | Guinea Bissau |
Leucocytozoon beaurepairei | Travassos Santos Diaz, 1954 | Sagittarius serpentarius | Mozambique |
Leucocytozoon buteonis lBUBT2, lBUTJAM10, lBUTREG01 | Coatney and Roudabush, 1937 | Buteo jamaicensis, (Buteo buteo, Buteo regalis, Buteo lineatus) | Nebraska (USA) |
Leucocytozoon circaeti | Sergent and Fabiani, 1922 | Circaetus gallicus | Algeria |
Leucocytozoon franchini | França, 1927 | Circus macrourus (‘albanella pallida’) | Italy |
Leucocytozoon martyi | Commes, 1918 | Accipiter badius sphenurus | Mali |
Leucocytozoon mathisi lACCOP01, lACNI04 | França, 1912 | Accipiter nisus, (Accipiter cooperii) | Portugal |
Leucocytozoon muratovi | Subkhonov, 1980 | Circus aeruginosus | Tajikistan |
Leucocytozoon toddi | Sambon, 1908 | Kaupifalco monogrammicus, (numerous birds of the Accipitriformes) | Congo |
Plasmodium circumflexum pTURDUS1, pBT7 | Kikuth, 1931 | Turdus pilaris, (Passeriformes, Accipitriformes, Anseriformes, Columbiformes, Coraciiformes, Charadriiformes, Falconiformes, Strigiformes, Galliformes, and some others) | Germany |
Plasmodium fallax | Schwetz, 1930 | Strix woodfordii, (Accipiter nisus, Aquila rapax, Aquila wahlbergi, Gyps africanus) | Belgian Congo |
Plasmodium forresteri | Telford, Nayar, Foster & Knight, 1997 | Strix varia, (Buteo jamaicensis, Buteo lineatus, Buteo platypterus, Haliaeetus leucocephalus) | Georgia (USA) |
Plasmodium accipiteris | Paperna, Yosef & Landau | Accipiter brevipes | Eilat (Israel) |
Plasmodium alloelongatum* | Paperna, Yosef & Landau | Accipiter brevipes | Eilat (Israel) |
Plasmodium buteonis* | Paperna, Yosef & Landau | Buteo buteo | Eilat (Israel) |