This week, we hear a story in two acts about a very familiar bird—the common starling. It's a non-native species that is omnivorous, gregarious, adaptable, and highly successful in its adopted land. It turns out we humans have inadvertently put out the welcome mat for this alien species. Act One tells the story about this winged invader with an $800 million appetite for fruit crops. As for Act Two, we’ll let independent producer Josh Kurz and the theater troupe Higher Mammals explain. read moreDuration: 6:06Published: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 21:06:37 +0000
Photographs of the type specimens of Muscicapa sodhiiFrom Figure 8 in Harris et al. 2014.(a) ventral view; (b) dorsal view; (c) lateral view. The paratype is above and the holotype is below in all photographs.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0112657.g008 Harris JBC, Rasmussen PC, Yong DL, Prawiradilaga DM, Putra DD, et al. (2014) A New Species of Muscicapa Flycatcher from Sulawesi, Indonesia. PLoS ONE 9(11): e112657. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0112657http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0112657#pone-0112657-g001
Common Hill Myna (Gracula religiosa intermedia) in captivity in the Niagara Bird Aviary, Ontario, Canada. Photographed on 24 June 2010.Native to Indochina.www.inaturalist.org/observations/55861608