This species was described from samples in 1935 by
Alexandre Joseph Emile Brumpt, a French professor of parasitology. The following year, Brumpt isolated viable material during a trip to
Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).
Stages Oocysts must develop inside the
vector host. They are not transmissible if they enter an
avian host they will not develop.
Sporozoites are the
transmission stage. If they enter an avian host they may infect. == Vectors ==