SOUTH AFRICA - Indian mynas are taking wing in the Kruger National Park and scientists are concerned [Mail&Guardian, October 2022]

Title:

Indian mynas are taking wing in the Kruger National Park and scientists are concerned

 

Author:

Sheree Bega

 

Published:

Mail & Guardian, 31 October 2022

https://mg.co.za/environment/2022-10-31-indian-mynas-are-taking-wing-in-the-kruger-national-park-and-scientists-are-concerned/

 

From the article:

"One of the world’s worst invasive species, the pesky Indian myna, has rapidly infiltrated the Kruger National Park over the past 20 years, worrying conservationists.  

 

The bird, also known as the common myna, is native to south-east Asia, but established as an alien globally, including in South Africa, where it is invasive, explained Dr Llewellyn Foxcroft, a SANParks scientist at the Kruger and a core team member of the Centre for Invasion Biology at Stellenbosch University."