How Do Introduced Parrots Thrive In Cities?

"Are parrots competing with native bird species for essential resources or are they living in unexploited ecological spaces?"

#SciComm🧪 by @grrlscientist.bsky.social

#ecology #IntroducedSpecies #biodiversity #UrbanBirds www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...

Introduced Flock

(Horrock's Flash, Wigan, July 2016)

#photography #landscapephotography #birdphotography #landscape #lake #flash #birds #waterbirds #waterfowl #invasivespecies #introducedspecies #goose #CanadaGoose #HorrocksFlash #Wigan

"New record of an established population of the Seminole rams-horn, Planorbella duryi (Wetherby, 1879) (Gastropoda: Planorbidae) in continental France" has been published in #JournalofConchology #malacology #snail #introducedSpecies
doi.org/10.61733/jco...

Also updates knowledge about #introducedSpecies in 🇲🇾 & 🇸🇬.
In 🇸🇬 & Peninsular 🇲🇾, the 🐌 known as Sinotaia guangdungenis [1] is now Bakyietaia guangdungensis.
What we thought was the same 🐌 in Sabah, 🇲🇾 Borneo [2], is a different species, B. wilhelmi.
1. doi.org/10.4002/040....
2. doi.org/10.3897/zook...

'Jumping the Pond: A European Colonist Arrives on American Shores' #incaseyoumissedit Check our our 'Paper of the Month' from April and this great blog highlighting the key findings www.cambridge.org/core/blog/20... #introducedspecies #openaccess

Check our work on the need to consider #conservation value of introduced populations (in #mammals, in this analysis) conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... 🐰 🐂
#alienspecies #globalization #introducedspecies

A bright red blossom of Scarlet Flax

Two Scarlet Flax blossoms next to an orange California poppy blossom

A surprise guest in my usually native garden is this bright red Scarlet Flax (Linum grandiflorum), an introduced species native to Algeria and Tunisia. It is a delightful color pop in my otherwise orange poppy field. #flowers #naturephotography #photography #introducedspecies #gardening

A mid Autumn flower surprised me as I kayaked the slow back area of a large pond. Water Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis scorpioides). It has 5 sky blue petals with a yellow center. It was introduced to NA from Europe or Asia. Here, it’s seen in its floating mat form.

A mid Autumn flower surprised me as I kayaked the slow back area of a large pond. Water Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis scorpioides). It was introduced to NA from Europe or Asia. Here, it’s seen in its floating mat form.

#aquaticplants #introducedspecies

The system worked simulating a future #ClimateChange scenario in an Atlantic and Mediterranean Marina. In both cases the local communities differed between the heated and the control. Yet, the response of #IntroducedSpecies #NIS #InvasiveSpecies was opposite profiting in one but not the other marina

New here on Bluesky, so I will present myself with a series of posts discussing my favorite research subjects: Community composition in marine urban habitats, #introducedSpecies and #ClimateChange as well as #MarineHeatWaves
Don't hesitate to get in touch!

African Collared Dove (domestic type) 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘢 (𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢)

African Collared Dove (domestic type) 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘢 (𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢)

African Collared Dove (domestic type) 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘢 (𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢)

Multiple individuals of #domestic African Collared Dove (Barbary Dove) singing & displaying at a site in #SamutSakhon. Neither this nor the Eurasian Collared Dove has successfully established populations in #Thailand, though
#petbirds #alienspecies #introducedspecies #doves #birdphotography #birding

Appreciate that my paper continues to be discovered and adds context to European Goldfinch sightings in the U.S. #birds #IntroducedSpecies #birding #GreatLakes

I had no idea really. I don’t know if #camels are farmed in #Australia. They were brought to the #outback from the #CanaryIslands of all places. Now they number #onemillion and are considered a #feralpest as they are an #introducedspecies that competes with #nativemarsupials and destroy #habitat.

Britain has a new snake species – should climate change mean it is allowed to stay? This species could be the poster child for conservation on a warming planet.

tinyurl.com/4fnsbuck
@uk.theconversation.com piece on our recent paper on the Aesculapian snake in N. Wales, where we ask how Anthropocene realities should change the way we think about non-native species just North of the native range.
#herpetology #IntroducedSpecies @bangoruniversity.bsky.social

Figure 1 in McCain et al. (2025): "House sparrow (Passer domesticus) distribution as of 2019, with the green shading representing their native range and the yellow shading representing their introduced or non-native range. The locations of the sparrow populations sampled for this project are highlighted: native populations (locations A–E) are marked in red, while non-native populations (locations F–I) are marked in blue. (Figure adapted from [10].)"

New publication: Microbial surveillance versus #cytokine responsiveness in native and non-native #housesparrows, by @melissahrowe.bsky.social a.o.
#inflammation #microbialsurvaillance #introducedspecies
doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...

do love cats (and doggos, too, heck all animals!) but these little buddies need to stay inside or be put on a leash outside to give my feathered friends a break.
#cats
#birds
#predators
#introducedspecies
@margaretrenkl.bsky.social @abcbirds.bsky.social

Warning of stowaway snakes and tree-frogs hiding in pot plants Frogs, lizards, snakes and insect pests are being transported across the world on ornamental plants.

BBC News - Warning of stowaway snakes and tree-frogs hiding in pot plants (in 🇬🇧and 🇳🇱)

And it's not just the things you notice..!
🪲🌱🍄

#invasivespecies #introducedspecies

Confirmation of Avian Dispersal of a Seed Chalcid Wasp in North America and a New Host Record for Megastigmus aculeatus (Hymenoptera: Megastigmidae) Dispersal of chalcid wasp larvae inhabiting the seeds of angiosperms by wild birds in North America has never been verified. I describe adult Megastigmus aculeatus Swederus that successfully emerged f...

#Wasps, seed dispersal, bird poop, introduced species...all in one paper!
#invertebrates #hymenoptera #frugivory #IntroducedSpecies #ecology #entomology
scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol57/i...

Paper out in British Journal of Entomology and Natural History soon. Arnold, S.E.J., Fountain, M.T., Silva, C.X., & Wamonje, F. O. The introduced parasitoid Lysiphlebus testaceipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is widespread in fruit-growing regions of England. BJENH, 37. [14/14]

#IntroducedSpecies

New paper! First record of a #caecilian (order Gymnophiona, Typhlonectes natans) in Florida and in the United States #invasivespecies #introducedspecies @davidcblackburn @Marc_Kouete Photo by @Entropologist