plasmodium buteonis plasmodium buteonis plasmodium buteonis is a parasite of the genus plasmodium subgenus giovannolaia. plasmodium buteonis scientific classification domain: eukaryota clade: diaphoretickes clade: tsar clade: sar clade: alveolata phylum: apicomplexa class: aconoidasida order: haemospororida family: plasmodiidae genus: plasmodium species: p. buteonis binomial name plasmodium buteonispaperna et al., 2007 like all plasmodium species p. buteonis 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. p. buteonis cannot be distinguished from some others of the same subgenus – p. gabaldoni and p. homocircumfexum – and may in fact not be a valid name. distribution this parasite is found in israel. hosts p. buteonis infects the common buzzard (buteo buteo).