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Last week I visited Collserola NP, Barcelona, with my friend Joan Estrada. He showed me a remarkable #invasivespecies, the Red-billed Leiothrix. But then I started looking into the papers about its possible harmfulness... ⏬ #ornithology
Right pic by ucumari photography CC.
Right pic by ucumari photography CC.
Member of Leiotrichidae (which includes Babblers and Laughingthrushes), RB Leiothrix is indigenous in Asia, introduced in Japan (despite its popular name in some languages "Rossignol du Japon"), in Hawaii and recently in several distinct areas in Europe
datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsh…
datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsh…
Unlike most invasive bird species, which thrive in highly anthropized landscape, RB Leiothrix selects natural habitat in its non native range - like here in Collserola broadleaf forest with dense undergrowth. Beside its nice colors, this is also why watching this bird is special
Guess who I found hopping between campus buildings at SLU in Hammond, LA?! This is a juvenile of a #nonnative #frog
@jenylamb the black dot on the white background in the 2nd pic is a period for scale #tiny #vertebrate !
@jenylamb it’s a greenhouse 🐸 (E. planirostris)!
