The Coccidia of Passeriformes
(Isospora spp.)
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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Family: Aegithalidae (bushtits)
Isospora concinnus Sinha & Sinha, 1979
Host: Aegithalos concinnus
(Black-throated tit)
Reference: Sinha & Sinha 1979
Isospora sp. 24 of Svobodova, 1994
Host: Aegithalos caudatus
(Long-tailed tit)
Reference: Svobodova 1994
Family: Alaudidae (larks)
Isospora sp. of Labbe, 1893
non Diplospora lacazii Labbe, 1893
non Diplospora lacazei of Labbe, 1896
Host: Alauda arvensis (Common
skylark)
References: Labbe 1893a, 1896, 1899;
Laveran 1898; von Waisielewski 1904
Isospora sp. of Boughton, Boughton, & Volk, 1938
Host: Eremophila alpestris (Horned
lark)
Reference: Boughton et al. 1938
Isospora sp. of Labbe, 1896
non Diplospora lacazei of Labbe, 1896
Host: Galerida cristata (Crested
lark)
Reference: Labbe 1896
Isospora sp. of Rakmatullina & Svanbaev, 1971
Synonym: Isospora lacazei of
Rakmatullina & Svanbaev, 1971, pro parte
Host: Melanocorypha bimaculata
(Bimaculated lark)
References: Rakmatullina & Svanbaev 1971,
1972
Isospora sp. of Rakmatullina & Svanbaev, 1971
Synonym: Isospora lacazei of
Rakmatullina & Svanbaev, 1971, pro parte
Host: Melanocorypha calandra
(Calandra lark)
References: Rakmatullina & Svanbaev 1971,
1972
Isospora sp. of Rakhmatullina & Svanbaev, 1972
Synonym: Isospora lacazei of
Rakhmatullina & Svanbaev, 1972, pro parte
Host: Alauda arvensis (Common
skylark)
Reference: Rakhmatullina & Svanbaev 1972
Isospora sp. of Rakhmatullina & Svanbaev, 1972
Synonym: Isospora lacazei of
Rakhmatullina & Svanbaev, 1972, pro parte
Host: Galerida cristata
(Crested lark)
Reference: Rakhmatullina & Svanbaev 1972
Isospora sp. of Rysavy, 1954
non Diplospora lacazei of Rysavy, 1954
Host: Galerida cristata
(Crested lark)
Reference: Rysavy 1954
Isospora sp. of von Wasielewski, 1904
Synonym: Diplospora lacazei of von
Wasielewski, 1904
Host: Alauda arvensis (Common
skylark)
Reference: von Wasielewski 1904
Campephagidae (cuckoo-shrikes)
Isospora sp. of Hegner & Chu, 1930
Host: Lalage nigra (Pied
triller)
Reference: Hegner & Chu 1930
Certhiidae (creepers)
Isospora sp. 28 of Svobodova, 1994
Host: Certhia familiaris
(Brown or common creeper)
Reference: Svobodova 1994
Coerebidae (honey-creepers)
Isospora sp. of Boughton, Boughton, & Volk, 1938
Host: Cyanerpes cyaneus
(Red-legged
honeycreeper)
Reference: Boughton et al. 1938
Conopophagidae (gnateaters)
Isospora sp. 1 of Kawazoe, Gouvea, Jorge, Caputo, & Perdigao,
1989
Host: Conopophaga lineata (Rufous
gnateater)
Reference: Kawazoe et al. 1989
Isospora sp. 2 of Kawazoe, Gouvea, Jorge, Caputo, & Perdigao,
1989
Host: Conopophaga lineata (Rufous
gnateater)
Reference: Kawazoe et al. 1989
Corvidae (crows, jays, magpies)
Isospora bengalensis Mandal & Chakravarty, 1964
Host: Corvus splendens (House
crow)
Reference: Mandal 1970; Mandal &
Chakravarty 1964
Isospora brachyrhynchi Cawthorn & Wobester, 1985
Host: Corvus brachyrhynchos
(American crow)
References: Boughton 1929; Boughton et
al. 1938;
Cawthorn & Wobeser 1985;
Jones 1968; Stockdale et al. 1985
Isospora calocitta Upton, Langen, & Wright, 1995
Host: Calocitta formosa
(White-throated magpie jay)
Reference: Upton et al. 1995a
Isospora corvi Ray, Shivnani, Oommen, & Bhaskaran, 1952
Hosts: Corvus macrorhynchos
(Large-billed crow)
Corvus splendens (House crow)
References: Kyi & Poon 1987; Lamba
1976; Poon & Chew 1991;
Ray et al.
1952a, 1952b
Isospora cyanocoracis Upton, Current, & Clubb, 1985
Host: Cyanocorax chrysops
(Plush-crested jay)
Reference: Upton et al. 1985
Isospora garruli Ray, Shivnani, Oommen, & Bhaskaran, 1952
Host: Garrulus glandarius
(Eurasian jay)
References: Ray et al. 1952a, 1952b
Isospora monedulae Yakimoff & Matschoulsky, 1936
Host: Corvus monedula (Common
jackdaw)
References: Nemeseri 1949;
Rakhamullina & Svanaev 1971, 1972;
Scholtyseck 1956; Yakimoff & Matschoulsky 1936, 1940
Isospora nankinovi Golemansky, 1976
Host: Garrulus glandarius
(Eurasian jay)
Reference: Golemansky 1976a
Isospora nucifragae Galli-Valerio, 1933
Host: Nucifraga caryocatactes
(Eurasian
nutcracker)
Reference: Galli-Valerio 1933
Isospora rochalimai Yakimoff & Gousseff, 1936
Host: Pica pica (Black-billed
magpie)
References: Golemansky 1976a; Nemeseri
1949; Yakimoff
& Gousseff 1936
Isospora rodhaini Yakimoff & Matschoulsky, 1938
Synonym: Isospora radhaini
Yakimoff &
Matschoulsky, 1938 of Matschoulsky, 1941, lapsus
Host: Corvus corone (Carrion
crow)
References: Matschoulsky 1941; Yakimoff &
Matschoulsky
1938
Isospora schwetzi Matschoulsky, 1941
Synonym: Isospora sp. of Yakimoff
&
Matschoulsky, 1939
Host: Corvus corone (=Corvus
cornix) (Carrion crow)
Reference: Golemansky 1976a; Matschoulsky
1941; Rakhamullina & Svanaev 1971, 1972;
Yakimoff & Matschoulsky 1939
Isospora sp. of Allmacher, 1968
non Isospora lacazei (Labbe, 1893) Laveran, 1898
Hosts: Corvus corax (=Corvus
cornix) (Northern raven); Corvus corone (Carrion crow);
Corvus monduela (=Coloeus monduela) (Common jackdaw)
Reference: Allmacher 1968
Isospora sp. of Allmacher, 1968
non Isospora lacazei (Labbe, 1893) Laveran, 1898
Host: Pica pica (Black-billed
magpie)
Reference: Allmacher 1968
Isospora sp. of Allmacher, 1968
non Isospora lacazei (Labbe, 1893) Laveran, 1898
Host: Pyrrhocorax graculus
(Yellow-billed chough)
Reference: Allmacher 1968
Isospora sp. of Boughton, Boughton, & Volk, 1938
Host: Amphelocoma coerulescens
(Scrub jay)
Reference: Boughton et al. 1938
Isospora sp. of Boughton, Boughton, & Volk, 1938
Host: Corvus caurinus
(Northwestern crow)
Reference: Boughton et al. 1938
Isospora sp. of Boughton, Boughton, & Volk, 1938
Host: Dendrocitta vagabunda
(Rufous treepie)
Reference: Boughton et al. 1938
Isospora sp. of Dissanaike & Poopalachelvam, 1977
Synonym: Eimeria sp. of Bisseru &
Lim, 1971
Host: Corvus splendens (House
crow)
References: Bisseru & Lim 1971;
Dissamaike &
Poopalachelvam
Isospora sp. of Galli-Valerio, 1933
Host: Nucifraga caryocatactes
(Eurasian
nutcracker)
Reference: Galli-Valerio 1933
Isospora sp. of Labbe, 1896
non Diplospora lacazei of Labbe, 1896
Host: Corvus corone (=Corvus
cornix) (Carrion crow)
References: Labbe 1896, 1899
Isospora sp. of Matschoulsky, 1947
Host: Nucifraga caryocatactes
(Eurasian
nutcracker)
Reference: Matschoulsky 1947
Isospora sp. of Matschoulsky, 1947
Host: Pica pica (Black-billed
magpie)
Reference: Matschoulsky 1947
Isospora sp. of Rakmatullina & Svanbaev, 1971
Synonym: Isospora lacazei of
Rakmatullina & Svanbaev, 1971, pro parte
Host: Corvus frugilegus (Rook)
References: Rakmatullina & Svanbaev 1971,
1972
Isospora sp. of Rakmatullina & Svanbaev, 1971
Synonym: Isospora lacazei of
Rakmatullina & Svanbaev, 1971, pro parte
Host: Pica pica (Black-billed
magpie)
References: Rakmatullina & Svanbaev 1971,
1972
Isospora sp. of Scholtyseck, 1956
Host: Corvus corone (Carrion
crow)
Reference: Scholtyseck 1956
Isospora sp. of Scholtyseck, 1956
Host: Corvus frugilegus (Rook)
Reference: Scholtyseck 1956
Isospora sp. of Scholtyseck, 1956
Host: Pica pica (Black-billed
magpie)
Reference: Scholtyseck 1956
Isospora sp. of Shamsuddin & Jasim, 1980
Host: Corvus corax (Northern
raven)
Reference: Shamsuddin & Jasim 1980
Isospora sp. of Sjobring, 1897
non Isospora communis passerum Sjobring, 1897
Host: Corvus corone (=Corvus
cornix) (Carrion crow)
Reference: Sjobring 1897
Isospora sp. of Todd, Ernst, & Hammond, 1967
Synonym: Isospora lacazei (Labbe,
1893) Laveran,
1898 of Todd, Ernst, & Hammond, 1967
Host: Pica pica (Black-billed
magpie)
Reference: Todd et al. 1967
Isospora sp. of Verwey, 1926
Host: Corvus frugilegus (Rook)
Reference: Verwey 1926
Isospora sp. of von Wasielewski, 1904
Synonym: Diplospora lacazei of von
Wasielewski, 1904
Host: Corvus corone (Carrion
crow)
Reference: von Wasielewski 1904
Isospora sp. of Yakimoff & Gousseff, 1936
Host: Pica pica (Black-billed
magpie)
References: Yakimoff 1940; Yakimoff &
Gousseff 1936
Dendrocolapidae (woodcreepers)
Isospora
concentrica McQuistion & Capparella, 1995
Host: Dendrocolaptes certhia
(Barred woodcreeper)
Reference: McQuistion & Capparella 1995
Isospora
magna McQuistion & Capparella, 1995
Host: Dendrocolaptes certhia
(Barred woodcreeper)
Reference: McQuistion & Capparella 1995
Isospora
ocellati McQuistion, Walden & Capparella, 1997
Host: Xiphorhynchus ocellatus
(Ocellated woodcreeper)
Reference: McQuistion et al. 1997
Isospora
striata McQuistion, Walden & Capparella, 1997
Host: Xiphorhynchus ocellatus
(Ocellated woodcreeper)
Reference: McQuistion et al. 1997
Isospora
ubique McQuistion & Capparella, 1997
Host: Glyphorynchus spirurus
(Wedge-billed woodcreeper)
Reference: McQuistion & Capparella 1997
Dicruridae (drongos)
Isospora sp. of Chakravarty & Kar, 1946
Host: Dicurus macrocercus (Black
drongo)
References: Ahmed 1992; Chakravarty & Kar
1946
Drepanididae (Hawaiian honeycreepers)
Isospora loxopis Levine, Van Riper, & Van Riper, 1980
Host: Loxops virens (Amakihi)
Reference: Levine et al. 1980
Emberizidae (buntings and sparrows)
Isospora cardinalis Gottschalk, 1972
Host: Lophospingus pusillus
(Black-crested
finch)
Reference: Gottschalk 1972
Isospora
daphnensis McQuistion, 1990
Host: Geospiza fortis (Medium
ground-finch)
Reference: McQuistion 1990
Isospora emberizae Mandal & Chakravarty 1964
Host: Emberiza bruniceps
((Red-headed
bunting)
References: Mandal 1970; Mandal &
Chakravarty 1964
Isospora exigua McQuistion & Wilson, 1988
Hosts: Camarhynchus parvulus
(small tree finch)
Cactospiza pallida (woodpecker finch)
Reference: McQuistion & Wilson 1988
Isospora
flausinoi Filho, Meireles, Ribeiro, and Lopes, 2005
Host: Sporophila caerulescens
(Double-collared seed eater)
Reference: Filho, Meireles, Ribeiro, and Lopes, 2005
Isospora
formarum McQuistion & Capparella, 1992
Host: Pitylus grossus
(Slate-colored grosbeak)
Reference: McQuistion & Capparella 1992b
Isospora fragmentata McQuistion & Wilson, 1988
Host: Camarhynchus parvulus
(small tree finch)
Reference: McQuistion & Wilson 1988
Isospora
geospizae McQuistion & Wilson, 1989
Hosts: Geospiza fortis
(Medium-ground finch);
G. fuliginosa (Small-ground finch)
Reference: McQuistion & Wilson 1989
Isospora paroariae Upton, Upton, Current, & Clubb, 1985
Host: Paroaria coronata
(Red-crested cardinal)
Reference: Upton et al. 1985
Isospora
pityli McQuistion & Capparella, 1992
Host: Pitylus grossus
(Slated-colored
grosbeak)
Reference: McQuistion & Capparella 1992b
Isospora rotunda McQuistion & Wilson, 1988
Host: Camarhynchus parvulus
(small tree finch)
Reference: McQuistion & Wilson 1988
Isospora sp. of Boughton, Boughton, & Volk, 1938
Host: Ammodramus sandwichensis
(Savannah
sparrow)
Reference: Boughton et al. 1938
Isospora sp. of Boughton, Boughton, & Volk, 1938
Host: Cardinalis cardinalis
(Common cardinal)
Reference: Boughton et al. 1938
Isospora sp. of Boughton, Boughton, & Volk, 1938
Host: Chondestes grammacus (Lark
sparrow)
Reference: Boughton et al. 1938
Isospora sp. of Boughton, Boughton, & Volk, 1938
Host: Junco hyemalis (=Junco
oreganus) (Northern junco)
Reference: Boughton et al. 1938
Isospora sp. of Boughton, Boughton, & Volk, 1938
Host: Passerina ciris (Painted
bunting)
Reference: Boughton et al. 1938
Isospora sp. of Boughton, Boughton, & Volk, 1938
Host: Pheucticus ludovicianus
(Rose-breasted grosbeak)
Reference: Boughton et al. 1938
Isospora sp. of Boughton, Boughton, & Volk, 1938
Host: Pipilo erythrophthalmus
(Rufous-sided
towhee)
Reference: Boughton et al. 1938
Isospora sp. of Boughton, Boughton, & Volk, 1938
Host: Pipilo fuscus (Brown
towhee)
Reference: Boughton et al. 1938
Isospora sp. of Boughton, Boughton, & Volk, 1938
Host: Pipilo maculatus (Spotted
towhee)
Reference: Boughton et al. 1938
Isospora sp. of Boughton, Boughton, & Volk, 1938
Host: Sicalis flaveola (Saffron
finch)
Reference: Boughton et al. 1938
Isospora sp. of Boughton, Boughton, & Volk, 1938
Host: Spizella passerina (Chipping
sparrow)
Reference: Boughton et al. 1938
Isospora sp. of Boughton, Boughton, & Volk, 1938
Host: Zonotrichia atricapilla (=Z.
coronata)
(Golden-crowned sparrow)
Reference: Boughton et al. 1938
Isospora sp. of Boughton, Boughton, & Volk, 1938
Host: Zonotrichia melodia (Song
sparrow)
Reference: Boughton et al. 1938
Isospora sp. of Hadley, 1910
Host: Junco hyemalis (Northern
junco)
Reference: Hadley 1910
Isospora sp. of Hadley, 1910
Host: Spizella pusilla (Field
sparrow)
Reference: Hadley 1910
Isospora sp. of Hadley, 1910
Host: Zonotrichia albicollis
(White-throated sparrow)
Reference: Hadley 1910
Isospora sp. of Kawazoe, Gouvea, Jorge, Caputo, & Perdigao,
1989
Host: Poospiza thoracica
(Bay-chested warbling-finch)
Reference: Kawazoe et al. 1989
Isospora sp. of Labbe, 1896
non Diplospora lacazei of Labbe, 1896
Host: Emberiza citrinella
(Yellowhammer)
Reference: Labbe 1896
Isospora sp. of Matschoulsky, 1941
Hosts: Emberiza pallasi (Pallas'
reed bunting); E.
schoeniculus (Common reed bunting)
References: Matschoulsky 1941; Svobodova
1994
Isospora sp. of Rakhmatullina & Svanbaev, 1972
Synonym: Isospora lacazei of
Rakhmatullina & Svanbaev, 1972, pro parte
Host: Emberiza bruniceps
(Red-headed bunting)
Reference: Rakhmatullina & Svanbaev 1972
Isospora sp. of Rakhmatullina & Svanbaev, 1972
Synonym: Isospora lacazei of
Rakhmatullina & Svanbaev, 1972, pro parte
Host: Emberiza buchanani
(Gray-necked bunting)
Reference: Rakhmatullina & Svanbaev 1972
Isospora sp. of Rakhmatullina & Svanbaev, 1972
Synonym: Isospora lacazei of
Rakhmatullina & Svanbaev, 1972, pro parte
Host: Emberiza hortulana
(Ortolan bunting)
Reference: Rakhmatullina & Svanbaev 1972
Isospora sp. of Rysavy, 1954
non Diplospora lacazei of Rysavy, 1954
Host: Emberiza citrinella
(Yellowhammer)
Reference: Rysavy 1954
Isospora sp. of Sjobring, 1897
non Isospora communis passerum Sjobring, 1897
Host: Emberiza citrinella
(Yellowhammer)
Reference: Sjobring 1897
Isospora sp. 36 of Svobodova, 1994
Host: Emberiza citrinella
(Yellowhammer)
Reference: Svobodova 1994
Isospora sp. of von Wasielewski, 1904
Synonym: Diplospora lacazei of von
Wasielewski, 1904
Host: Emberiza citrinella
(Yellowhammer)
Reference: von Wasielewski 1904
Isospora sporophilae Filho, Meireles, Ribeiro, and Lopes, 2005
Host: Sporophila caerulescens
(Double-collared seed eater)
Reference: Filhom Meireles, Ribeiro, and Lopes, 2005
Isospora teixeirafilhoi Filho, Meireles, Ribeiro, and Lopes, 2005
Host: Sporophila caerulescens
(Double-collared seed eater)
Reference: Filhom Meireles, Ribeiro, and Lopes, 2005
Isospora tiaris Ball & Daszak, 1997
Host: Tiaris fuliginosa
(Sooty grassquit)
Reference: Ball & Daszak 1997
Isospora temeraria McQuistion & Wilson, 1988
Host: Camarhynchus parvulus
(Small tree finch)
Reference: McQuistion & Wilson 1988
Isospora tiaris Ball & Daszak, 1997
Host: Tiaris fuliginosa
(Sooty grassquit)
Reference: Ball & Daszak 1997
Isospora vanriperorum Levine, 1982
Synonym: Isospora cardinalis
Levine, Van Riper, &
Van Riper, 1980, nomen preocc.
Host: Cardinalis cardinalis
(Common cardinal)
References: Grulet et al. 1985; Levine
1982b; Levine et al.
1980
Estrildidae (waxbills and allies)
Isospora indonesianensis Amoudi 1988
Host: Lonchura malacca (Chestnut
munia)
Reference: Amoudi 1988b
Isospora ivensae Levine, Van Riper, & Van Riper, 1980
Synonym: Isospora hawaiiensis of
Levine, 1982,
lapsus
Host: Lonchura punctulata (Spotted
munia)
Reference: Levine et al. 1980
Isospora leucogastroides Amoudi, 1994
Host: Lonchura leucogastroides
(Javan munia)
Reference: Amoudi 1994
Isospora loaei Amoudi, 1994
Host: Lonchura leucogastroides
(Javan munia)
Reference: Amoudi 1994
Isospora lonchurae Mandal & Chakravarty, 1964
Host: Lonchura punctulata (Spotted
munia)
References: Mandal 1970; Mandal &
Chakravarty 1964