Haemoproteids of the avian family Rallidae in Iraq with description of new speicies

Abstract

ABSTRACT A survey of haemoproteids among the eight species of Iraq rallids were carried out in the middle, south, and west of Iraq. Two haemoproteods were recorded, Haeomproteus porzanae (Galli-Valerio, 1907) as a new record for Iraq and the new species H. baghdadensis described from Fulica atra L. collected in the middle of Iraq.