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
Killing Birds Killing Birds Killing Birds is a 1988 Italian horror film filmed in Louisiana and starring Lara Wendel and Robert Vaughn. It was co-produced by "Flora Film" and Joe D'Amato's "Filmirage". The director's credit reads "Claude Milliken", which is the pseudonym of Claudio Lattanzi, but according to most accounts, the film was completely or almost completely directed by Joe D'Amato in Lattanzi's presence. Theatrically, the film was released in Italy as "Killing Birds" in 1988 and in France as "L'attaque des morts-vivants". On home video, it was released in Italy and Germany as Killing Birds: Raptors and in the United States