The Coccidia of Coraciiformes
(bee-eaters, hoopoes, hornbills, jacamars, kingfishers, motmots, rollers, todies)

Compiled by
Donald W. Duszynski1, Steve J. Upton2, and Lee Couch1

1Department of Biology, University of New Mexico
2Division of Biology, Kansas State University


Supported by NSF-PEET DEB 9521687

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Updated: 2 May 1999
Comments: eimeria@unm.edu (Duszynski)
or coccidia@ksu.edu (Upton)


Eimeria coracias Rakhmatullina & Svanbaev, 1971

Host: Coracia garrulus (Eurasian roller-Coracidae)
Reference: Rakhmatullina & Svanbaev 1971

Eimeria duncani Varghese, 1977

Host: Halcyon sancta (Sacred kingfisher - Alcedinidae)
Reference: Varghese 1977

Eimeria galateai Varghese, 1977

Host: Tanysiptera galatea (Common paradise kingfisher - Alcedinidae)
Reference: Varghese 1977

Eimeria schokpaki Rakhmatullina & Svanbaev, 1971

Host: Coracias garrulus (Eurasian roller-Coracidae)
Reference: Rakhmatullina & Svanbaev 1971

Isospora sp. of Hegner & Chu, 1930

Host: Halcyon coromanda (Ruddy kingfisher - Alcedinidae)
Reference: Hegner & Chu 1930

Isospora sp. of Labbe, 1896 non Diplospora lacazei

Host: Coracias garrulus (Eurasian roller-Coracidae)
Reference: Labbe 1896

Isospora sp. of Labbe, 1896 non Diplospora lacazei

Host: Alcedo atthis (Common kingfisher - Alcedinidae)
Reference: Labbe 1896

Isospora sp. of Labbe, 1896 non Diplospora lacazei

Host: Upupa epops (Common hoopoe-Upupidae)
Reference: Labbe 1896

Isospora sp. of Rakhmatullina & Svanbaev, 1972

Synonym: Isospora lacazei of Rakhmatullina & Svanbaev, 1972
Host: Upupa epops (Common hoopoe-Upupidae)
Reference: Rakhmatullina & Svanbaev 1972

Isospora upupae Chakravarty & Kar, 1946

Host: Upupa epops (Common hoopoe - Upupidae)
Reference: Chakravarty & Kar, 1946
Chakravarty & Kar (1946) and Mandal (1970) erroneously reported a similar isosporan in Dicrurus macrocereus as I. upupae.

Isospora solimanae Ahmed, 1992

Host: Upupa epops (Common hoopoe - Upupidae)
Reference: Ahmed 1992

References

Ahmed, A.K. 1992. Isospora solimanae sp. nov. From the Egyptian hoopoe (Upupa epops major). Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology 22: 583-590.

Chakravarty, M., and Kar, A.B. 1946. A study on the coccidia of Indian birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 62: 225-233.

Hegner, R., and H.J. Chu. 1930. A survey of protozoa parasitic in plants and animals of the Philippine islands. The Philippine Journal of Science 43: 451-482.

Labbe, A. 1896. Recherches zoologiques, cytologiques et biologiques sur les coccidies. Archives de Zoologie Experimentale et Generale, series 3, 4: 517-654.

Mandal, A.K. 1970. Studies on some aspects of avian coccidia (Protozoa, Sporozoa)> Part IV. Occurrence and distribution of coccidian parasites in Indian birds. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 63: 23-39.

Rakhmatullina, N.K. and Svanbaev, S.K. 1971. New fauna of coccidia from wild birds in Kazachistane. Trudy Instituta Zoologii, Akademii Nauk Kazachskoi SSR 31: 171-177.

Rakhmatullina, N.K. and Svanbaev, S.K. 1972. Infections of wild birds with coccidia. Trudy Instituta Zoologii, Akademii Nauk Kazachskoi SSR 33: 3-14.

Varghese, T. 1977. Eimeria galateai sp. n. from the paradise kingfisher, and Eimeria duncani sp. n. from the sacred kingfisher in Papua New Guinea. Journal of Protozoology 24: 209-210.