Plasmodium bertii

Plasmodium bertii is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Papernaia.^[1][2]

Plasmodium bertii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Aconoidasida
Order:	Haemospororida
Family:	Plasmodiidae
Genus:	Plasmodium
Species:	P. bertii
Binomial name
Plasmodium bertii Gabaldon & Ulloa, 1981

Like all Plasmodium species P. bertii has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.^[1]

Description

The parasite was first described^[2] by Gabaldon and Ulloa in 1981.^[1]

Host record

Grey-cowled wood rail (Aramides cajaneus)