Avian haemosporidian parasites of accipitriform raptors

Abstract Background The order Accipitriformes comprises the largest group of birds of prey with 260 species in four families. So far, 21 haemosporidian parasite species have been described from or reported to occur in accipitriform birds. Only five of these parasite species have been characterized m...

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Main Authors: Josef Harl, Tanja Himmel, Gediminas Valkiūnas, Mikas Ilgūnas, Nora Nedorost, Julia Matt, Anna Kübber-Heiss, Amer Alic, Cornelia Konicek, Herbert Weissenböck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2022-01-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-021-04019-z