Plasmodium buteonis

Plasmodium buteonis is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.

Plasmodium buteonis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Sar
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Aconoidasida
Order:	Haemospororida
Family:	Plasmodiidae
Genus:	Plasmodium
Species:	P. buteonis
Binomial name
Plasmodium buteonis Paperna et al., 2007

Like all Plasmodium species P. buteonis has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.

Taxonomy

The parasite was first described by Paperna et al. in 2007.^[1] P. buteonis cannot be distinguished from some others of the same subgenus – P. gabaldoni and P. homocircumfexum – and may in fact not be a valid name.^[2]

Distribution

This parasite is found in Israel.

Hosts

P. buteonis infects the common buzzard (Buteo buteo).