Species Haemoproteus columbae Kruse, 1890

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• Haemoproteus columbae Kruse, W. 1890. Über Blutparasiten. Virchows Archiv - A: Pathological Anatomy & Histopathology 121: 359-373.

Distribution

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Ecological Descriptors

Parasitic (host(s): Ocyphaps lophotes (Temminck & Laugier, 1822) [COLUMBIDAE] Crested Pigeon (syn. Geophaps lophotes; blood); Columba livia Gmelin, 1789 [COLUMBIDAE] Domestic Pigeon, Feral Pigeon (blood, lung); Ptilinopus superbus (Temminck, 1810) [COLUMBIDAE] Superb Fruit-dove, Purple-breasted Fruit Pigeon (syn. Lamprotreron superba; blood); Leucosarcia melanoleuca (Latham, 1801) [COLUMBIDAE] Wonga Pigeon (blood)).

Associated Fauna References

Adlard, R.D., Peirce, M.A. & Lederer, R. 2004. Blood parasites of birds from south-east Queensland. Emu 104: 191-196 (Ocyphaps lophotes; Leucosarcia melanoleuca; Columba livia)

Breinl, A. 1913. Parasitic protozoa encountered in the blood of Australian native animals. Report of the Australian Instute of Tropical Medicine 1911(April, 1913): 30-38 (Ptilinopus superbus)

Cleland, J.B. 1922. The parasites of Australian birds. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 46: 85-118 (Ptilinopus superbus)

Johnston, T.H. 1916. A census of the endoparasites recorded as occurring in Queensland, arranged under their hosts. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 28: 31-79 (Ptilinopus superbus)

Lederer, R., Adlard, R. & O'Donoghue, P. 1999. Host range extension for Haemoproteus columbae Kruse of pigeons and doves (Columbidae). Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 43: 10 (Leucosarcia melanoleuca; Columba livia)

Mackerras, M.J. & Mackerras, I.M. 1960. The haematozoa of Australian birds. Australian Journal of Zoology 8: 226-260 (Ptilinopus superbus; Columba livia)

Peirce, M.A., Lederer, R., Adlard, R.D. & O'Donoghue, P.J. 2004. Pathology associated with endogenous development of haematozoa in birds from southeast Queensland. Avian Pathology 33: 445-450 (Columba livia)

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