The Coccidia of Galliformes
(chicken, partridge, peacock, pheasant, quail, turkey)

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: 20 April 2001


Comments: eimeria@unm.edu (Duszynski)
or coccidia@ksu.edu (Upton)

INCOMPLETE LIST (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

FAMILY: Cracidae (Curassows, Guans)

FAMILY: Megapodiae 

FAMILY: Phasianidae (Pheasants, Grouse)

Eimeria acervulina Tyzzer 1929

Synonym: Eimeria diminuta Fernando & Remmler 1973

Synonym: Eimeria acervulina var. diminuta [Fernando & Remler 1973] Long 1974

Hosts: Gallus gallus, G. lafayettei

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Eimeria adenoeides Moore & Brown 1951

Host: Meleagris gallopavo

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Eimeria alectoreae Ray & Hiregoudar 1959

Synonym: Eimeria lyruri Galli-Valerio 1927

Synonym: Eimeria legionensis Cordero sel Campillo & Pla Hernandez 1966

Host: Alectoris graeca

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Eimeria angusta Allen 1934

Hosts: Tetrastes bonasia, Canachites canadensis, Bonasa umbellus

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Eimeria bateri Bhatia, Pandey & Pande 1965

Hosts: Coturnix c. cturnix, C. c. japonica

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Eimeria bhutanensis Ray & Hiregoudar 1959

Host: Polyplectron bicoloratus bakeri

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Eimeria bonasae Allen 1934

Hosts: Bonasa (Tetrastes) bonasia, Lagopus lagopus, Canachites canadensis, Pediocetes phasianellus campestris

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Eimeria brinkmanni Levine 1953

Host: Lagopus mutus rupestris

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Eimeria brunetti Levine 1942

Host: Gallus gallus

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Eimeria caucasica Musaev & Veisov 1963

Synonym: Eimeria coturnicis Chakravarty & Ker 1947 of Lizcano & Romero [1972]

Hosts: Alectoris graeca, A. chukar, A. rufa

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Eimeria centrocerci Simon 1939

Host: Centrocercus urophasianus

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Eimeria colchici Norton 1967

Synonym: Eimeria colchica Gottschalk 1972 lapsus calami

Host: Phasianus colchicus

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Eimeria colini Fisher & Kelley 1977

Host: Colinus virginianus

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Eimeria coturnicis Chakravarty & Kar 1947

Host: Coturnix coturnix

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Eimeria crusti Duszynski & Gutiérrez 1981

Host: Oreortyx pictus

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Eimeria dispersa Tyzzer 1929 [AVES]

Hosts: Colinus virginianus, Phasianus colchicus, Meleagris gallopavo, M. mexicana, Gallus gallus

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Eimeria dissanaikei Fernando & Remmler 1973

Host: Gallus lafayettei

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Eimeria dubeyi Pande et al. 1970

Host: Gallus gallus

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Eimeria duodenalis Norton 1967 [AVES]

Host: Phasianus colchicus

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Eimeria fanthami Levine 1953

Host: Lagopus mutus rupestris

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Eimeria francolini Swarup & Chauhan 1976

Host: Francolinus francolinus

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Eimeria gallopavonis Hawkins 1952

Synonym: Eimeria gallopovonis Ermatova, Shausmanov & Butabaeva 1987

Host: Meleagris g. gallopavo

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Eimeria gennaeuscus Ray & Hiregoudar 1959

Host: Lophura leucomelana lineatus

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Eimeria gonzalezcastroi Lizcano & Romero 1975

Synonym: E. gonzalezi Lizcano & Romero 1972

Host: Alectoris rufa

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Eimeria gorakhpuri Bhatia & Pande 1967

Host: Numida meleagris

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Eimeria grenieri Yvoré & Aycardi 1967

Host: Numida meleagris

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Eimeria hagani Levine 1938

Host: Gallus gallus

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Eimeria innocua Moore & Brown 1952

Host: Meleagris gallopavo

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Eimeria karatauica Utebaeva 1973

Host: Alectoris kakelik

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Eimeria kofoidi Yakimoff & Matikaschwili 1936

Hosts: Alectoris graeca, A. rufa

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Eimeria lafayettei Fernando & Remmler 1973

Host: Gallus lafayettei

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Eimeria lagopodi Galli-Valerio 1929

Host: Lagopus mutus

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Eimeria langeroni Yakimoff & Matschoulsky 1937

Hosts: Phasianus colchicus gordius, P. c. turkestanicus

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Eimeria lettyae Ruff 1985

Host: Colinus virginianus

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Eimeria leucuri Haskins 1969

Synonym: Eimeria leucuri Stabler et al. 1979

Host: Lagopus leucuru

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Eimeria lophortygis Liburd & Mahrt 1970

Host: Lophortyx californicus, Oreortyx pictus

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Eimeria lophurae Chauhan, Paliwal & Swarup 1976

Host: Lophura leucomelana

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Eimeria lyruri Galli-Valerio, 1927

Host: Tetrao urogallus

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Eimeria mandali Banik & Ray 1964

Host: Pavo cristatus

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Eimeria maxima Tyzzer 1929

Synonym: Eimeria tyzzeri Yakimoff & Rastegaieff 1911

Synonym: Eimeria maxima var. indentata (Fernando & Remmler 1973) Long 1974

Host: Gallus gallus

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Eimeria mayurai Bhatia & Pande 1966

Hosts: Pavo cristatus, P. muticus

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Eimeria megalostomata Ormsbee 1939

Host: Phasianus colchicus

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Eimeria meleagridis Tyzzer 1927

Host: Meleagris gallopavo

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Eimeria meleagrimitis Tyzzer 1927

Host: Meleagris gallopavo

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Eimeria mitis Tyzzer 1929

Synonym: Eimeria beachi Yakimoff & Rastegaieff 1931

Host: Gallus gallus

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Eimeria mivati Edgar & Seibold 1964

Synonym: Eimeria acervulina var. mivati [Edgar & Seibold 1964]

Host: Gallus gallus

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Eimeria nadsoni Yakimoff & Gousseff 1936

Host: Tetrao urogallus

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Eimeria necatrix Johnson 1930

Host: Gallus gallus

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Eimeria numidae Pellérdy 1962

Host: Numida meleagris

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Eimeria okanaganensis Liburd & Mahrt 1970

Hosts: Lophortyx californicus, Oreortyx pictus

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Eimeria oreoecetes Haskins 1969

Hosts: Lagopus leucurus, Dendragapus obscurus

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Eimeria oreortygis Duszynski & Gutiérrez 1981

Hosts: Lophortyx californicus, Oreortyx pictus

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Eimeria pacifica Ormsbee 1939

Hosts: Phasianus colchicus, Chrysolophus pictus, Syrmaticus reevesi, Crossoptilon tibetanum, Lophura nycthemera

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Eimeria padulensis Romero & Lizcano 1974

Synonym: Eimeria phasiani Tyzzer 1929 of Lizcano & Romero [1972]

Host: Alectoris rufa

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Eimeria patnaiki Ray 1966

Synonym: Eimeria pavonis Patnaik 1965; E. indica Patnaik 1966

Host: Pavo cristatus

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Eimeria pattersoni Honess & Post 1955

Hosts: Centrocercus urophasianus, Lyrurus tetrix

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Eimeria pavonina Banik & Ray 1961

Host: Pavo cristatus

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Eimeria pavonis Mandal 1965

Synonym: Eimeria cristata Patnaik 1965

Host: Pavo cristatus

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Eimeria phasiani Tyzzer 1929

Synonym: E. phasiana Tyzzer 1929 lapsus calami

Hosts: Phasianus colchicus, Chrysolophus pictus, Syrmaticus reevesi, Crossoptilon tibetanum, Lophura nycthemera

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Eimeria pictus Bhatia 1968 emend. Pellerdy 1974

Synonym: Eimeria picta Bhatia 1968

Hosts: Chrysolophus pictus, Lophura nycthemera

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Eimeria praecox Johnson 1930

Synonym: Eimeria praecox var. ceylonensis Long, Fernando & Remmler 1974

Host: Gallus gallus

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Eimeria procera Haase 1939

Host: Perdix p. perdix

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Eimeria ridjakovi Golemanski 1976

Host: Perdix p. perdix

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Eimeria subrotunda Moore, Brown & Carter 1954

Host: Meleagris gallopavo gallopavo

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Eimeria tetricis Haase 1939

Host: Lyrurus tetrix tetrix

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Eimeria tyzzeri ? Yakimoff & Rastegaieff 1931

Host: Gallus domesticus

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Eimeria ventriosa Haase 1939

Synonym: Eimeria ventricosa Hasse of Reichenow [1949] lapsus calami

Host: Tetrao urogallus urogallus

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Eimeria yakisevi Hardcastle 1943

Synonym: E. brumpti Yakimoff & Gousseff 1936 in part

Host: Tetrao urogallus urogallus

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