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. Taxonomy The parasite was first described by Paperna et al. in 2007. P. buteonis cannot be distinguished from some others of the same subgenus P. gabaldoni and P. homocircumfexum and may in fact not be a valid name. Distribution This parasite is found in Israel. Hosts P. buteonis infects the common buzzard (Buteo buteo). References buteonis Parasites of birds