Posted by: Sandy Steinman | December 20, 2015

Mockingbirds May Threaten Darwin’s Finches

Conservation Magazine reports

The Galápagos finches made famous by Charles Darwin have been under attack by parasitic flies that feed on nestlings’ blood. Now it turns out that mockingbirds on the islands may inadvertently help the flies and threaten the finches.

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