| eimeria ferreirai n. sp. (chromista: miozoa: eimeriidae) from doves leptotila spp. (columbiformes: columbidae) from brazil. | the doves and pigeons constitute a taxonomic group (columbiformes: columbidae) of granivorous and frugivorous birds with a worldwide distribution. the current work aims to describe morphologically and molecularly a new protozoan from white-tipped doves leptotila verreauxi bonaparte, 1855 and grey-fronted doves leptotila rufaxilla (richard bernard, 1792) in southeastern brazil. eimeria ferreirai n. sp. has oocysts that are sub-spherical to ellipsoidal, 21.4 × 18.8 μm, with smooth, bilayered wall, ... | 2020 | 33056336 |