[1] This species was described by Alexandre Joseph Emile Brumpt (1877–1951) a French professor of parasitology during a trip to Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).

[3] Koella et al., 2002 finds that oocysts in the gut increase the volume of each blood meal.

[3] This prolongs the average duration of oocyst residence in the vector, increasing their chance of successfully maturing to the transmission stage.

[6] Williams 2005 finds large changes in plasma proteins at 8 days post infection.

"In vivo transmission blocking activities of artesunate on the avian malaria parasite Plasmodium gallinaceum".