Avian Haemoproteidae. 7. A review of the haemoproteids of the family Ciconiidae (storks) and descriptions of Haemoproteus brodkorbi sp.nov. and H. peircei sp.nov.

1 August 1977

journal article
review article
Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Zoology

Vol. 55 (8) , 1268-1274
https://doi.org/10.1139/z77-166

Abstract

The haemoproteids of the stork family (Ciconiidae) are reviewed and hosts and geographic distributions are summarized. H. brodkorbi sp. nov. is described from the marabou stork, Leptoptilos crumeniferus (Lesson), from Mukona, Uganda, and compared with the same haemoproteid from the wood stork, Mycteria americana L. from Florida, USA H. crumenium (Hirst, 1905) is declared a nomen dubium. H. peircei sp. nov. is described from the saddle-billed stork, Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis (Shaw), from Sudan.

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