The Coccidia of Gruiformes
(bustards, coot, crake, cranes, hemipodes, hoatsins, jacana, mesites, rails)

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

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


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


Family: Gruidae (cranes)

"Coccidian oocyst" of Faust & Pappas, 1977

Host: Grus antigone (Sarus crane)
Reference: Faust & Pappas 1977

Eimeria baltica Gottschalk, 1987

Host: Grus grus (Common crane)
Reference: Gottschalk 1987

Eimeria bosquei Parker & Duszynski, 1986

Host: Grus canadensis (Sandhill crane)
Reference: Parker & Duszynski 1986a

Eimeria globulosa Gottschalk, 1987

Host: Gus grus (Common crane)
Reference: Gottschalk 1987

Eimeria gruisYakimoff & Matschoulsky, 1935

Synonym: Eimeria kazaskii Zolotareff, 1937 vide Yakimoff, 1940
Hosts: Anthropoides virgo (Demoiselle crane), Grus americana (Whooping crane),
Grus canadensis (Sandhill crane), Grus grus (Common crane)
References: Carpenter 1979; Carpenter & Derrickson 1984; Carpenter & Novilla 1980;
Carpenter et al. 1979, 1980, 1984, 1992; Forrester et al. 1975, 1978; Gottschalk 1987; Novilla et al. 1981, 1989;
Yakimoff 1940;Yakimoff & Matschoulsky 1935

Eimeria longa Gottschalk, 1987

Host: Grus grus (Common crane)
Reference: Gottschalk 1987

Eimeria pusilla Gottschalk, 1987

Host: Grus grus (Common crane)
Reference: Gottschalk 1987

Eimeria reichenowiYakimoff & Matschoulsky, 1935

Synonym: Eimeria grusi Pande, Bhatia, & Garg, 1970
Synonym: Eimeria nicolscii Zolotareff, 1937 vide Yakimoff, 1940
Host: Anthropoides virgo (Demoiselle crane), Grus americana (Whooping crane),
Grus canadensis (Sandhill crane), Grus grus (Common crane)
References: Carpenter 1979; Carpenter & Derrickson 1984; Carpenter & Novilla 1980;
Carpenter et al. 1979, 1980, 1984, 1992; Forrester et al. 1975, 1978; Gottschalk 1987; Novilla et al. 1981, 1989;
Pande et al. 1970; Yakimoff 1940; Yakimoff & Matschoulsky 1935, 1940

Eimeria sp. of Koga, 1955

Host: Grus japonensis (Japanese crane), G. vipio (White-naped crane)
Reference: Koga 1955

Isospora bellericaeBanik & Ray, 1962

Synonym: Isospora balearicae Courtney, Forrester, Ernst, & Nesbitt, 1975
Host: Balaerica regulorum (South African crowned crane)
References: Banik & Ray 1962; Courtney et al. 1975; Mukherhea 1963

Isospora sp. of Forrester, Carpenter, & Blankinship, 1978

non Isospora lacazei (Labbe, 1893) Laveran, 1898
Host: Grus americana (Whooping crane)
Reference: Forrester et al. 1978

Isospora sp. of Gottschalk, 1987

Host: Grus grus (Common crane)
Reference: Gottschalk 1987


Family: Rallidae (rails)

Eimeria bragini Dzerzhinskii &Kairooaev, 1989

Host: Fulica ata (Common coot)
Reference: Dzerzhinskii & Kairooaev 1989

Eimeria mongolica Matschoulsky, 1941

Host: Fulica atra (Common coot)
References: Matschoulsky 1941; Rakhmatullina & Svanbaev 1967

Eimeria paludosa (Leger & Hesse, 1922) Hoare, 1933

Synonym: Eimeria dauki Bhatia & Pande, 1965
Synonym: Eimeria fulica Matschoulsky, 1941
Synonym: Eimeria polucephali Yakimoff & Matschoulsky, 1939
Synonym: Eimeria sp. of Bhatia & Pande, 1967
Synonym: Jarrina paludosa Leger & Hesse, 1922
Hosts: Amaurornis phoenicurus (White-breasted waterhen), Fulica americana (American coot),
Fulica atra (Common coot), Gallinula chloropus (Common gallinule), Porphyrio porphyrio (Purple swamphen)
References: Bhatia & Pande 1965, 1967; Frank 1978; Hoare 1933; Leger & Hesse 1922; Matschoulsky 1941;
McAllister & Upton 1990; Pellerdy 1974; Rakhmatullina & Svanbaev 1967; Rakhmatullina-Batyrshina & Svanbaev 1972;
Shamsuddin & Jasim 1980; Verwey 1926, 1927; Yakimoff & Matschoulsky 1939

Eimeria porphyrulae Lainson, 1994

Host: Porphyrula martinica (Purple gallinule)
Reference: Lainson 1994

Eimeria saubenovae Dzerzhinskii & Kairooaev, 1989

Host: Fulica atra (Common coot)
Reference: Dzerzhinskii & Kairooaev 1989

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