Ecology← Previous revisionRevision as of 00:24, 15 October 2026 Line 42: Line 42: This species is reportedly extremely wary. This species is reportedly extremely wary. The purple-tailed imperial pigeon is sometimes parasitized by the mite ''Gunabopicobia masalaje'', a species described in 2014.{{Cite web |title=Gunabopicobia masalaje - Position in a system |url=https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxonposition/id1999157/ |access-date=2026-10-15 |website=www.biolib.cz}}{{Cite journal |last=Sikora |first=Bozena |last2=Unsoeld |first2=Markus |last3=Melzer |first3=Roland R. |last4=Friedrich |first4=Stefan |last5=Skoracki |first5=Maciej |date=2023-04-29 |title=First Records of Picobiine Mites Associated with Birds-of-Paradise: Can Interspecific Sexual Behaviour of Hosts Play a Role in the Distribution of Quill Mite Parasites? |url=https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10177229/ |journal=Animals: an open access journal from MDPI |volume=13 |issue=9 |pages=1509 |doi=10.3390/ani13091509 |issn=2076-2615 |pmc=10177229 |pmid=37174545}}{{Cite journal |last=Kaszewska |first=Katarzyna |last2=Skoracki |first2=Maciej |last3=Hromada |first3=Martin |date=2018-10-03 |title=A review of the quill mites of the genus Gunabopicobia Skoracki and Hromada (Acariformes: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) associated with birds of the order Columbiformes |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/01647954.2018.1515982 |journal=International Journal of Acarology |publisher=Taylor & Francis |volume=44 |issue=7 |pages=288–299 |doi=10.1080/01647954.2018.1515982 |issn=0164-7954}} The purple-tailed imperial pigeon is sometimes parasitized by the mite ''[[Gunabopicobia masalaje]]'', a species described in 2014.{{Cite web |title=Gunabopicobia masalaje - Position in a system |url=https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxonposition/id1999157/ |access-date=2026-10-15 |website=www.biolib.cz}}{{Cite journal |last=Sikora |first=Bozena |last2=Unsoeld |first2=Markus |last3=Melzer |first3=Roland R. |last4=Friedrich |first4=Stefan |last5=Skoracki |first5=Maciej |date=2023-04-29 |title=First Records of Picobiine Mites Associated with Birds-of-Paradise: Can Interspecific Sexual Behaviour of Hosts Play a Role in the Distribution of Quill Mite Parasites? |url=https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10177229/ |journal=Animals: an open access journal from MDPI |volume=13 |issue=9 |pages=1509 |doi=10.3390/ani13091509 |issn=2076-2615 |pmc=10177229 |pmid=37174545}}{{Cite journal |last=Kaszewska |first=Katarzyna |last2=Skoracki |first2=Maciej |last3=Hromada |first3=Martin |date=2018-10-03 |title=A review of the quill mites of the genus Gunabopicobia Skoracki and Hromada (Acariformes: Prostigmata: Syringophilidae) associated with birds of the order Columbiformes |url=https://doi.org/10.1080/01647954.2018.1515982 |journal=International Journal of Acarology |publisher=Taylor & Francis |volume=44 |issue=7 |pages=288–299 |doi=10.1080/01647954.2018.1515982 |issn=0164-7954}} == Status == == Status ==