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Common Waxbill (bico de lacre)

Estrilda Astrild

Description:

Invasive species intruduced in portugal in the 70's,in large numbers,that ocupided a place empty in the eco sistem,super little seeds,of many wild plants that normaly are not used by the portuguese birds,another not problematic case,but is a dangerous thing to do,beautiful birds spread all over the country(at list in the north is in all places) http://www.google.pt/url?sa=t&rct=j&...

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3 Comments

Ricardo Salgueiro
Ricardo Salgueiro 11 years ago

A lucky shot indeed, only in Portugal hehe

AntónioGinjaGinja
AntónioGinjaGinja 11 years ago

yeap,it's very rare when those kind of introdution go well,it's the only case i know of a good introdution,normaly things go wrong or very wrong,it was a lucky shoot :)
in the north there hundreds along the river vallies, in plains every where,very common but the conditions are better in the center and in the south,it's warmer

Ricardo Salgueiro
Ricardo Salgueiro 11 years ago

"ocupided a place empty in the eco sistem" this was something I did not know thanks :)

Existem ai muitos no norte? Aqui são aos montes...

Portugal

Spotted on Dec 26, 2011
Submitted on Jan 15, 2012

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