The prevalence of Babesia in birds is probably greater than
records would suggest and the disease in falcons leads to the
destruction of erythrocytes, causing anemia, jaundice, and
death [6]. It would be curious if these effects were not present
in Accipitridae. The limited data available in the literature
[6] and the frequent concurrent occurrence of bacterial,
fungal, and parasitic agents [5,7] makes pathogenicity due to
avian Babesia spp. still controversial.