Plasmodium relictum is a species in the genus Plasmodium, subgenus Haemamoeba. It is a parasite, and the most common cause of malaria in birds.PlasmodiumrelictumFromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopediaJumptonavigationJumptosearchSpeciesofsingle-celledorganismPlasmodiumrelictumScientificclassification(unranked):DiaphoretickesClade:TSARClade:SARInfrakingdom:AlveolataPhylum:ApicomplexaClass:AconoidasidaOrder:HaemospororidaFamily:PlasmodiidaeGenus:PlasmodiumSpecies:P. relictumBinomialnamePlasmodiumrelictumGilruth,SweetandDodd,1910SynonymsPlasmodiumpaddae[1]PlasmodiumrelictumisaspeciesinthegenusPlasmodium,subgenusHaemamoeba.Itisaparasite,andthemostcommoncauseofmalariainbirds.LikeallPlasmodiumspecies,P.biziuraehasbothvertebrateandinsecthosts.Thevertebratehostsforthisparasitearebirds.Contents1Taxonomy2Distribution3Hosts4ReferencesTaxonomy[edit]TheparasitewasfirstdescribedbyGilruth,SweetandDoddin1910.Distribution[edit]P.relictumisgeographicallywidespread,andisthemostwidespreadmalariaparasiteofbirds.[1]Hosts[edit]P.relictuminfectsawidevarietyofbirdsincludingbirdsfromvariousorders.Infectionsinnumerouswildbirdsandexperimentalanimalshavebeendescribedincludingpartridges,canaries,chickens,ducks,andpigeons.Experimentalattemptstoinfectowlswerenotsuccessful,suggestingowlsmaynotbesusceptibletoP.relictum.[1]References[edit]^abcValkiunas,Gediminas(28October2004).AvianMalariaParasitesandotherHaemosporidia.CRCPress.p. 592.ISBN 9780203643792.vteEukaryota:SAR:AlveolataDomainArchaeaBacteriaEukaryota(SupergroupPlantHacrobiaHeterokontAlveolataRhizariaExcavataAmoebozoaOpisthokontaAnimalFungi)AcavomonidiaAcavomonadeaAcavomonadida(Acavomonas)CiliophoraIntramacronucleataArmophorea(Metopus)Cariacotrichea(Cariacothrixcaudata)Colpodea(Colpoda)Litostomatea(Balantidium,Dileptus)Muranotrichea(Muranothrix)Nassophorea(Nassula)Oligohymenophorea(Ichthyophthirius,Paramecium,Tetrahymena,Vorticella)Parablepharismea(Parablepharisma)Phyllopharyngea(Chilodonella,Tokophrya)Plagiopylea(Plagiopyla)Prostomatea(Coleps,Holop