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New feather mites of the subfamily Pterodectinae (Acariformes: Proctophyllodidae) from passerines (Aves: Passeriformes) from Chile and Cuba.

External parasites include chewing lice and feather mites.

The birds themselves host species belonging to more than four genera of feather mites.

This swift is host to feather mites including Eustathia cultrifera, Chauliacia canarisi and C. securigera.

A number of feather mites have been recorded in the genus, including Proctophyllodes glandarinus on firecrest.

Apart from physical wear and tear, feathers face the onslaught of fungi, ectoparasitic feather mites and birdlice.

The two also share a species of feather mite, which supports their relationship.

In 2008, a new species of feather mite, Coraciacarus muellermotzfeldi, was described from dried corpses found in the feathers of a huia skin held by a European museum.

The parasitic flatworm Ophthalmophagus nasciola was found in one rail's nasal sinus, and at least three species of feather mite have been detected on the plumage.

A species of feather mite, Psittophagus calyptorhynchi, has also been isolated from the yellow-tailed black cockatoo, its only host to date.

Parasites of this species include ticks of the family Ixodidae, and a feather mite, Metanalges elongatus, of the subspecies M. e. curtus.