
Plasmodium jiangi

Plasmodium jiangi is a parasite of the genus "Plasmodium" subgenus "Novyella". As in all "Plasmodium" species, "P. jiangi" has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.
Distribution.
This species occurs in China.
Hosts.
The only known host of this species is the red-whiskered bulbul ("Pycnonotus jocosus").
References.
Islam, K., and R. N. Williams. 2000. Red-vented Bulbul ("Pycnonotus cafer") and Red-whiskered Bulbul ("Pycnonotus jocosus"). In The Birds of North America, No. 520 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.