Plasmodium hegneri

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

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

The parasite was first described by Manwell and Kuntz in 1966.

It is related to the following species

This species was originally isolated in Taiwan but is likely to be much more widespread.

This species infects the common or European teal (Anas crecca).