The further spread of introduced birds in Samoa

Ian A W McAllan; Dion Hobcroft

The further spread of introduced birds in Samoa

Ian A W McAllan^*, Dion Hobcroft

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Abstract

Five introduced bird species were observed in the wild in Samoa in November 2004. The red junglefowl (Gallus gallus) maintains wild populations in the mountainous areas; the rock dove (Columba livia) is presently confined to urban areas; and the red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cater) and jungle myna (Acridotheres fuscus) have increased their ranges markedly over the past six years. The last two species, found in most inhabited areas, may be close to their maximum possible distribution in Samoa. The common myna (Acridotheres tristis) has also increased in range significantly and efforts should be made to control this species.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	16-20
Number of pages	5
Journal	Notornis
Volume	52
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - Mar 2005

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A corrigendum exists for this article and can be found in Notornis (2005), Volume 52(2), p.124

Keywords

Acridotheres fuscus
Acridotheres tristis
Columba livia
Common myna
Gallus gallus
Introduced birds
Jungle myna
Pycnonotus cafer
Red-junglefowl
Red-vented bulbul
Rock dove
Samoa

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The further spread of introduced birds in Samoa

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