The Coccidia of Ciconiiformes
(bitterns, egrets, flamingos, herons, ibis, stork)

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Updated: 24 January 1999
Comments: eimeria@unm.edu (Duszynski)
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Eimeria ardae Shamsuddin & Jasim, 1980

Host: Ardea purpurea (Purple heron - Ardeidae)

Reference: Shamsuddin & Jasim 1980

Eimeria ardeae Dubinin, 1939

Host: Ardea cinerea (Grey heron - Ardeidae), Nycticorax nycticorax (Black-crowned night heron)

Reference: Dubinin 1939

Eimeria bazi Chauhan & Bhatia, 1970

Host: Pseudibis papillosa (White-shouldered ibis - Threskiornithidae)

Reference: Chauhan & Bhatia 1970

Eimeria garzettae Golemansky & Kuldjieva, 1980

Host: Egretta garzetta (Little egret - Ardeidae)

Reference: Golemansky & Kuldjieva 1980

Eimeria sp. of Faust & Pappas, 1977

Host: Phoenicopterus chiliensis (Chilean flamingo - Phoenicopteridae)

Reference: Faust & Pappas 1977

Eimeria sp. of Faust & Pappas, 1977

Host: Phoenicopterus ruber (Greater flamingo - Phoenicopteridae)

Reference: Faust & Pappas 1977

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References

Chauhan, P.P.S., and Bhatia, B.B. 1970. Eimerian oocysts from Pseudibis papillosa. Indian Journal of Microbiology 10: 53-54.

Dubinin, V.B. 1939. The coccidiosis of the herons in the state Astrakhan reservate. Uchenye Zapiski Leningrad, Gosudarstvennaia Universitet Bubnov (43), Seriya Biologischeskikh Nauk (11): 44-57.

Faust, B.S., and Pappas, P.W. 1977. A survey of coccidia and helminth parasites of birds at the Columbus (Ohio) Zoo. Journal of Zoo Animal Medicine 8: 13-23.

Golemansky, V., and Kuldjieva, D. 1980. Eimeria garzettae sp. n. (Coccidia: Eimeriidae) in the little egret (Egretta garzetta) from Bulgaria. Acta Protozoologica 19: 177-179.

Shamsuddin, M., and Jasim, M.K. 1980. Coccidia of some birds and mammals from Iraq. Bulletin of the Natural History Research Centre (Baghdad). 7: 81-109.