plasmodium accipiteris plasmodium accipiteris plasmodium accipiteris is a parasite of the genus plasmodium. plasmodium accipiteris scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: diaphoretickes clade: tsar clade: sar clade: alveolata phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemospororida family: plasmodiidae genus: plasmodium species: p. accipiteris binomial name plasmodium accipiterispaperna et al., 2007 like all plasmodium species p. accipiteris has both vertebrate and insect hosts. the vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds. taxonomy the parasite was first described by paperna et al. in 2007. distribution this parasite is found in israel. vectors not known. hostsy p. accipiteris infects the levant sparrowhawk (accipiter brevipes).