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

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

Description 

The parasite was first described by Muniz and Soares in 1954. It was named after the Dr Mario Pinotti.

Systematics 

It is related to the following species

Plasmodium asanum
Plasmodium circumflexum
Plasmodium durae
Plasmodium fallax
Plasmodium formosanum
Plasmodium gabaldoni
Plasmodium hegneri
Plasmodium lophrae
Plasmodium pediocetti
Plasmodium polare

Geographical occurrence 

This species is found in Jamaica.

Clinical features and host pathology 

Known hosts of this species include the bananaquit (Coereba flaveola), orangequit (Euneornis campestris), yellow-shouldered grassquit (Loxipasser anoxanthus),  the large toucan (Ramphastos toco) and the black-faced grassquit (Tiaris bicolor).

References 

pinotti
Parasites of birds