Leucocytozoon

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Leucocytozoon
Leucocytozoon smithi in a stained blood smear from a turkey
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Clade:	Diaphoretickes
Clade:	SAR
Clade:	Alveolata
Phylum:	Apicomplexa
Class:	Aconoidasida
Order:	Haemosporida
Family:	Leucocytozoidae
Genus:	Leucocytozoon
Species
Leucocytozoon acridotheris Leucocytozoon alcedinis Leucocytozoon alcedis Leucocytozoon anatis Leucocytozoon andrewsi Leucocytozoon anellobiae Leucocytozoon apiaster Leucocytozoon ardeolae Leucocytozoon artamidis Leucocytozoon anseris Leucocytozoon atkinsoni Leucocytozoon balmorali Leucocytozoon beaurepairei Leucocytozoon bennetti Leucocytozoon berestneffi Leucocytozoon bishopae Leucocytozoon bishopi Leucocytozoon bisi Leucocytozoon bonasae Leucocytozoon bouffardi Leucocytozoon brimonti Leucocytozoon bucerotis Leucocytozoon cambournaci Leucocytozoon capitonis Leucocytozoon caprimulgi Leucocytozoon caulleryi Leucocytozoon centropi Leucocytozoon chloropsidis Leucocytozoon coccyzus Leucocytozoon colius Leucocytozoon communis Leucocytozoon coracinae Leucocytozoon costai Leucocytozoon dacelo Leucocytozoon danilewskyi Ziemann 1898 Leucocytozoon deswardti Leucocytozoon dinizi Leucocytozoon dubreuili Mathis & Leger 1911 Leucocytozoon dutoiti Leucocytozoon enriquesi Leucocytozoon eurystomi Leucocytozoon francae Leucocytozoon francolini Leucocytozoon frascai Leucocytozoon fringillinarum Woodcock 1910 Leucocytozoon galli Leucocytozoon gallinarum Leucocytozoon gentili Leucocytozoon giovannolai Leucocytozoon grallariae Leucocytozoon greineri Leucocytozoon grusi Leucocytozoon hamiltoni Leucocytozoon huchzermeyeri Leucocytozoon ibisi Leucocytozoon icteris Leucocytozoon iowense Leucocytozoon irenae Leucocytozoon jakamowi Leucocytozoon kerandeli Leucocytozoon lairdi Leucocytozoon lanium Leucocytozoon laverani Leucocytozoon leboeufi Leucocytozoon leitaoi Leucocytozoon liothricis Leucocytozoon lovati Leucocytozoon maccluri Leucocytozoon macleani Leucocytozoon major Leucocytozoon majoris Laveran 1902 Leucocytozoon mansoni Leucocytozoon marchouxi Leucocytozoon martini Leucocytozoon mathisi Leucocytozoon mcclurei Leucocytozoon melloi Leucocytozoon mesnili Leucocytozoon molpastis Leucocytozoon muscicapa Leucocytozoon mutus Leucocytozoon neavei Leucocytozoon nectariniae Leucocytozoon neotropicalis Leucocytozoon numidae Leucocytozoon oriolis Leucocytozoon otidis Leucocytozoon pittae Leucocytozoon pogoniuli Leucocytozoon pycnonoti Leucocytozoon rimondi Leucocytozoon roubaudi Leucocytozoon sabrezi Leucocytozoon sakharoffi Leucocytozoon schoutedeni Leucocytozoon schuffneri Leucocytozoon simondi Leucocytozoon smithi Leucocytozoon squamatus Leucocytozoon struthionis Leucocytozoon sturni Leucocytozoon sunibdu Leucocytozoon tawaki Leucocytozoon timaliae Leucocytozoon toddi Sambon 1908 Leucocytozoon trachyphoni Leucocytozoon whitworthi Leucocytozoon ziemanni Leucocytozoon zosteropis

Leucocytozoon (or Leukocytozoon) is a genus of parasitic alveolates belonging to the phylum Apicomplexa (which also includes the malaria parasites).

The species of this genus use either blackflies (Simulium species) or a biting midge as their definitive host and birds as their intermediate host.^[1] There are over 100 species in this genus. Over 100 species of birds have been recorded as hosts to these parasites.