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Leucocytozoon caprimulgi

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Leucocytozoon caprimulgi
"Leucocytozoon caprimulgi" in "Caprimulgus fossii"
Leucocytozoon caprimulgi in Caprimulgus fossii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: SAR
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemosporida
Family: Leucocytozoidae
Genus: Leucocytozoon
Species:
L. caprimulgi
Binomial name
Leucocytozoon caprimulgi
Kerandel, 1913

Leucocytozoon caprimulgi is a species of the genus Leucocytozoon, a genus of parasitic alveolates. It is a rare parasite of the European nightjar. Its scarcity and the fact that it is the only one of its genus found in nightjars support the suggestion that it has crossed over from close relatives that normally infect owls.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Valkiunas, Gediminas (2004). Avian Malaria Parasites and other Haemosporidia. London: CRC Press. p. 809. ISBN 978-0-415-30097-1..