Introduced birds of Saudi Arabia: Status and potential impacts

Alshamlih, Mohammed; Alzayer, Mohamed; Hajwal, Faisal; Khalili, M.; Khoury, Farès

doi:10.1016/j.jksus.2021.101651

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“…Despite the extensive work related to the Indian Myna at the global levels, the regional and local studies that dealt with the bird remain in need of development and intensification, especially since the Indian Myna is an invasive bird for most of the countries of the Middle East region. Most of the studies that dealt with the Indian Myna in the region were the part of Israel [11,13,[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21] and Jordan [22][23][24][25] , while the contributions of the rest of the countries seemed to be less [26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36] . Studies related to Indian Mynas (Figures 1 and 2) in Palestine seem limited and not in-depth in their arguments.…”

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On the occurrence, trapping and potential risks of the invasive Indian Myna (Acridotheres tristis Linnaeus, 1766) in the Gaza Strip: Palestine

Rabou¹

2022

Int. J. Fauna Biol. Stud.

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The coastal Gaza Strip, which has an area of 365 km 2 ; equivalent to about 1.5% of the area of Palestine (27,000 km 2 ), is home to a relatively large diversity of bird species, including the invasive Indian Myna (Acridotheres tristis Linnaeus, 1766). The present study aims to address the occurrence, risks and some other ecological aspects of the Indian Myna in the Gaza Strip. This 10-year descriptive and cumulative study from 2013 to 2022 was based on field visits, direct observations, frequent meetings and discussions with stakeholders, follow-up of news and social media, as well as photography for documentary and confirmatory purposes. The results of the current study showed that the emergence of Indian Myna in the Gaza Strip began in 2006, and after 2008, its numbers increased remarkably and significantly. The bird arose in Palestine as a result of cage escapees from zoos or deliberate releases. Indian Mynas are usually abundant throughout the year in urban areas and the outskirts of the Gaza Strip, where feeding sites are available. The main habitats of Indian Minas include urban parks, gardens, agricultural orchards, and other similar environments. Potential local risks of the Indian Myna included its threats to local biodiversity, damage to domestic life and agricultural crops, as well as potential disturbance, noise and disease transmission to Gazans. Nets and sticks coated with glue were the main methods used by Gazans to capture Indian Mynas. The Indian Myna is locally sold at cheap prices of 2-3 USD per pair. A few Gazans claimed to eat the bird. It appears that the Indian Myna poses little threat in the Gaza Strip, and therefore there are no clear methods adopted by the responsible authorities to control the bird. Finally, the study recommends appropriate management strategies to stop or reduce the spread of non-native biota in the Gaza Strip when their numbers increase alarmingly and their risks increase to an intolerable extent.

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On the occurrence, trapping and potential risks of the invasive Indian Myna (Acridotheres tristis Linnaeus, 1766) in the Gaza Strip: Palestine

Rabou¹

2022

Int. J. Fauna Biol. Stud.

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Range expansion and habitat preferences of an introduced bird in the northwestern Arabian Peninsula: The case of the common myna Acridotheres tristis

Alatawi

2024

Journal of King Saud University - Science

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Climate match is key to predict range expansion of the world's worst invasive terrestrial vertebrates

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Wang,

Ashraf

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Global Change Biology

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Understanding the determinants of the range expansion of invasive alien species is crucial for developing effective prevention and control strategies. Nevertheless, we still lack a global picture of the potential factors influencing the invaded range expansion across taxonomic groups, especially for the world's worst invaders with high ecological and economic impacts. Here, by extensively collecting data on 363 distributional ranges of 19 of world's worst invasive terrestrial vertebrates across 135 invaded administrative jurisdictions, we observed remarkable variations in the range expansion across species and taxonomic groups. After controlling for taxonomic and geographic pseudoreplicates, model averaging analyses based on generalized additive mixed‐effect models showed that species in invaded regions having climates more similar to those of their native ranges tended to undergo a larger range expansion. In addition, as proxies of propagule pressure and human‐assisted transportation, the number of introduction events and the road network density were also important predictors facilitating the range expansion. Further variance partitioning analyses validated the predominant role of climate match in explaining the range expansion. Our study demonstrated that regions with similar climates to their native ranges could still be prioritized to prevent the spread of invasive species under the sustained global change.

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Introduced birds of Saudi Arabia: Status and potential impacts

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On the occurrence, trapping and potential risks of the invasive Indian Myna (Acridotheres tristis Linnaeus, 1766) in the Gaza Strip: Palestine

On the occurrence, trapping and potential risks of the invasive Indian Myna (Acridotheres tristis Linnaeus, 1766) in the Gaza Strip: Palestine

Range expansion and habitat preferences of an introduced bird in the northwestern Arabian Peninsula: The case of the common myna Acridotheres tristis

Climate match is key to predict range expansion of the world's worst invasive terrestrial vertebrates

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