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. 2020 Sep 15;19:335. doi: 10.1186/s12936-020-03408-0

Table 1.

Avian haemosporidian parasite species described from Turdidae hosts

Parasite species Authors Type host species Type locality
P. (Giovannolaia) circumflexum Kikuth [94] Turdus pilaris Germany
P. (Haemamoeba) giovannolai Corradetti et al. [84] Turdus merula Lazio (Italy)
P. (Haemamoeba) lutzi Lucena [88] Aramides cajaneus (Gruiformes) São Paulo (Brazil)
P. (Haemamoeba) matutinum Huff [76] Turdus migratorius Illinois (USA)
P. (Novyella) hexamerium Huff [68] Sialia sialis Illinois (USA)
P. (Novyella) vaughani Novy and MacNeal [55] Turdus migratorius Michigan (USA)
H. (Parahaemoproteus) fallisi Bennett and Campbell [99] Turdus migratorius Newfoundland (Canada)
H. (Parahaemoproteus) geocichlae Cleland and Johnston [101] Zoothera lunulata New South Wales (Australia)
H. (Parahaemoproteus) homominutus Valkiūnas et al. [46] Turdus viscivorus Lithuania
H. (Parahaemoproteus) minutus Valkiūnas and Iezhova [102] Turdus merula Lithuania
L. (Leucocytozoon) dubreuili Mathis and Léger [113] Turdus sp. (‘grive’) Tonkin (Vietnam)
L. (Leucocytozoon) giovannolai [probably synonym of L. dubreuili] Travassos Santos Dias [116] Turdus iliacus Italy
L. (Leucocytozoon) maccluri Greiner [118] Zoothera marginata Chiang Mai (Thailand)
L. (Leucocytozoon) mirandae França [117] Turdus merula Portugal