The canary Serinus canaria (Passeriformes: Fringillidae) as a new host for Isospora bioccai in Mexico

Abstract

Isospora bioccai (Cringoli and Quesada 1991) (Protozoa, Apicomplexa, Eimeriidae) is reported and described from captive canaries Serinus canaria forma domestica (Linnaeus 1758) in Mexico. The oöcysts are subspherical, 25.5 × 23.5 μm, with smooth, bilayered wall, ∼1.3 μm thick. Micropyle absent, oöcyst residuum absent, and polar granule present, 4–8 rice-grain-shaped. Sporocysts are ovoidal, 16.7 × 10.5 μm. Stieda body knob-like and substieda body trapezoidal of irregular base. Sporocyst residuum is composed of granules of different sizes. Sporozoites are vermiform with one refractile body and a nucleus. Gamogony was seen in the duodenum. In addition to new locality, this is the first description of I. bioccai from S. canaria. Keywords: Isospora bioccai, Coccidia, Passeriformes, Fringillidae, Serinus canaria, México