Observations on the haematozoa found in birds from the Northern Frontier District of Kenya

Abstract

Garnham (1950) emphasized the need for a more extensive study of the blood parasites of the East African vertebrates and recorded a number of parasitic blood infections, including those from avian species. More recently Oosthuizen and Markus (l967a, 1967b) have commenced a survey of birds in Southern Africa. and have recorded haematozoa from avian species which also occur in East Africa (Oosthuizen and Markus, 1969a, 1969b).