Feather mite
# Feather mite

Feather mites are the members of diverse mite superfamilies:

* superorder Acariformes
   * Psoroptidia
      * Analgoidea
      * Freyanoidea
      * Pterolichoidea
* superorder Parasitiformes
   * Dermanyssoidea

They are ectoparasites on birds, hence the common name.

