Plasmodium buteonis

Plasmodium buteonis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Clade: Diaphoretickes
Clade: Sar
Clade: Alveolata
Phylum: Apicomplexa
Class: Aconoidasida
Order: Haemospororida
Family: Plasmodiidae
Genus: Plasmodium
Species:
P. buteonis
Binomial name
Plasmodium buteonis
Paperna et al., 2007

Plasmodium buteonis is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium subgenus Giovannolaia.

Like all Plasmodium species P. buteonis has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.