plasmodium tumbayaensis plasmodium tumbayaensis plasmodium tumbayaensis is a parasite of the genus plasmodium. like all plasmodium species p. tumbayaensis has both vertebrate and insect hosts. the vertebrate hosts for this parasite are birds. plasmodium tumbayaensis scientific classification kingdom: protista phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemosporida family: plasmodiidae genus: plasmodium species: p. tumbayaensis binomial name plasmodium tumbayaensis description the parasite was first described by mazza and fiora in 1930. clinical features and host pathology the only known host of this species is the thrush planethicus anthracinus.