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. 2022 Jan 5;21:14. doi: 10.1186/s12936-021-04019-z

Table 1.

Haemosporidian parasite species described from or reported commonly in accipitriform birds

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)

Haemosporidian parasite species described from or reported commonly in accipitriform birds based on morphological blood stage records. If CytB lineages were linked to morphospecies, the MalAvi lineage name is indicated following the species name. The names of type hosts are written in bold letters, additional hosts are reported in brackets

*These two names are likely invalid according to [16]