10,000 Birds

JULY 24, 2014

One of the more unusual additions to our local avifauna is the Common Hill Myna (not to be confused with Common Myna, a parking lot obligate in Miami), a popular bird in the pet trade due to its ability to mimic human speech. Common Hill Myna’s range in South Florida. Common Hill Myna’s range in South Florida.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

It describes how, when a veterinary drug used in India killed the vast majority of Indian vultures, the human death rate in affected locations increased by about 4% as the vultures were no longer around to feed on animal carcasses and the sanitation thus worsened substantially.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 8, 2022

Weirdly, this bird is also described as a common pest in Indonesia, responsible for substantial losses of rice. On the other hand, in the West, mice, and rats are also kept as pets, maybe with the same logic. Possibly a survivor of siblicide (which would make it a killer, right?).

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