Haemosporidian parasite community in migrating bobolinks on the Galapagos Islands.

Bobolinks () migrate from their breeding grounds in North America to their wintering grounds in South America during the fall each year. A small number of Bobolinks stop temporarily in Galapagos, and potentially carry parasites. On the North American breeding grounds, Bobolinks carry a least two of the four lineages recently detected in resident Galapagos birds.

From Galapagos doves to passerines: Spillover of .

, a haemosporidian parasite thought to be specific to columbiform birds, was detected in passeriform birds on Santiago Island in the Galapagos archipelago. We surveyed birds along an altitudinal gradient on the islands of Santa Cruz, Isabela and Santiago between June 2013 and July 2015. Molecular screening of 2254 individuals from 25 species of endemic and introduced birds revealed clusters of passerine birds positive for on Santiago Island that coincide with captures of Galapagos doves at sampled sites.