Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Gammacoronavirus avian coronavirus
Bronquitis infecciosa aviar, Infectious bronchitis virus (Massachusetts)
Domain
Virus
Kingdom
Incertae sedis
Phylum
Incertae sedis
Class
Incertae sedis
Order
Nidovirales
Family
Coronaviridae
Genus
Gammacoronavirus
Species
avian coronavirus
Taxon category: Accepted
- International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV) (2010) Virus Taxonomy List: 2009 Release, online database. http://www.ictvonline.org/virusTaxonomy.asp?version=2009.
- Soos, C. Padilla, L., Iglesias, A., Gottdenker, N., Cruz Bedon, M., Rios, A. & Parker, P.G. (2008) Comparison of pathogens in broiler and backyard chickens on the Galapagos Islands: implications for transmission to wildlife. The Auk 125(2): 445-455.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Gammacoronavirus avian coronavirus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=11826. Accessed 4 April 2026.