
Plasmodium matutinum

Plasmodium matutinum is a parasite of the genus "Plasmodium" subgenus "Haemamoeba".
Like all "Plasmodium" species "P. matutinum" has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.
Taxonomy.
The parasite was first described by Huff in 1937.
For some time this species was thought to be a subspecies of "Plasmodium relictum".
Hosts.
This species infects the thrush nightingale ("Luscinia luscinia").