This study was aimed to revealed the distribution of pseudo-malaria which causes by Haemoproteus spp. in many species of birds in Al- Qadisiya province in Iraq. A total of 254 blood specimens from six types of birds were screened microscopically to look for Haemoproteus spp. using Giemsa stain. Blood samples were collected from the veins of 32 house sparrow (Passer domesticus), 60 wild pigeons (Columba livia ), 25 quail (Cotunix coturnix), 20 white- cheeked bulbul (Pycnonotus leucotis), 40 domestic ducks (Anas platyrhynchos domesticus) and 77 chickens (Gallus gallus domesticus ).
Results showed that all of studied birds were infected with Haemoproteus spp. the gametocytes observed in 85(33.5%) specimens of birds' blood smears. They was %18.8 in the house sparrow , %63.3 in the wild pigeons, %20 in the quail , %15 in the white- cheeked bulbul , %17.5 in domestic ducks and %33.8 in the chickens. Highest infection with Haemoproteus spp. was observed among bird in wild pigeon (%63.3) and domestic chicken (%33.8), while the lowest infection was recorded in two cases which are in white- cheeked bulbul (%15) and domestic ducks (%17.5).