Plasmodium biziurae is a parasite of the genus Plasmodium.
Like all Plasmodium species P. biziurae has both vertebrate and insect hosts. The vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds.
| Plasmodium biziurae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Protista |
| Phylum: | Apicomplexa |
| Class: | Aconoidasida |
| Order: | Haemosporida |
| Family: | Plasmodiidae |
| Genus: | Plasmodium |
| Species: | P. biziurae |
| Binomial name | |
| Plasmodium biziurae |
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The parasite was first described by Gilruth, Sweet and Dodd in 1910.
The only known host for this species is the musk duck Biziura lobata.