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Ten Birds That Changed the World — a review

10,000 Birds

They were barely mentioned in The Voyage of the Beagle and not at all in On the Origin of Species. A prime example is the 1958 Chinese campaign to eliminate sparrows, considered pests because they fed on grain. A prime example is the 1958 Chinese campaign to eliminate sparrows, considered pests because they fed on grain.