 Parasitic protozoa of the genus Sarcocystis have been recovered from the smooth muscles of adult American white ibis , and another species , Haemoproteus plataleae , has been recovered from the blood of adults and nestlings , and can hence be transmitted before the young leave the nest . The larvae of two species of mite of the family Hypoderidae , Phalacrodectes whartoni and Neoattialges eudocimae , have been recovered from under the skin . Two species of the louse suborder Mallophaga , Plegadiphilus eudocimus and Ardeicola robusta , also parasitise the bird . 
