Science Café hosts a session on invasive birds in Oman

Muscat: Mawarid (Oman Animal and Plant Genetic Resources Centre) of the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation hosted another Science Café session on “Invasive Birds and their Impact on the Environment in the Sultanate of Oman” at Al Araimi Boulevard on Wednesday.

Invasive birds are defined as species of birds that live outside their natural range in habitats, which are usually very harmful, as they cause important changes in natural ecosystems or indigenous biodiversity, and colonise an area in a large way, causing damage to the environment or the local agricultural economy, and they are usually non-native species.

However, not all non-native birds are naturally invasive, many of them can adapt to different ecosystems without causing harm, and the species that are considered invasive in one area may not be harmful in another, and therefore can be considered non-native.

Among the most important types of invasive birds in the Sultanate of Oman are the myna bird, the house crow, and the rose-ringed parakeet, which cause harmful effects on the ecosystem in the Sultanate of Oman in general and Dhofar Governorate in particular.