Haemoproteus insects including mosquitoes, biting midges ("Culicoides"), louse flies ("Hippoboscidae") and tabanid flies ("Tabanidae"). Infection with this genus is sometimes known as pseudomalaria because of the parasites' similarities with "Plasmodium" species. Within the genus there are at least 173 species, 5 varieties and 1 subspecies. Of these over 140 occur in birds, 16 in reptiles and 3 in amphibia: 14 orders and 50 families of birds are represented. These include gamebirds ("Galliformes"), waterfowl ("Anseriformes"), raptors ("Accipitriformes", "Falconiformes", "Strigiformes"), pigeons and doves ("Columbiformes"), and perching birds or songbirds ("Passeriformes"). The first description of this genus was in 1890 by Kruse who described
Dawn chorus (birds) bellbird and the tui are two of the birds that would have formed part of the dawn chorus since they have a vocal and melodious call. In the UK the dawn chorus may begin as early as 3am in early summer. The most often heard species of birds are, in order of them beginning to sing: Several primate species vocalise early in the morning as an audible territorial display. These include the lesula ("Cercopithecus lomamiensis"), the black howler ("Alouatta caraya") (which can be heard 5 km away) and the mantled guereza ("Colobus guereza"). Dawn chorus (birds) The dawn chorus occurs