Rock Pigeons, House Sparrows, and European Starlings are widely - TopicsExpress



          

Rock Pigeons, House Sparrows, and European Starlings are widely known as city birds, and with good reason. These three species (plus Barn Swallow) occur in more than 80% of cities according to the first-ever global study of biodiversity in urban areas. But theres more to cities than this narrow cast of avian urbanites: cities also retain more of their regions native diversity than previously thought. In fact, at least 2,041 species-20 percent of all known bird species-live in the worlds cities.
Posted on: Wed, 30 Apr 2014 14:00:05 +0000

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