Laurie,
It does happen with birds. A good example is the problem arising in
Europe, where the American Ruddy Duck has started expanding its range
and has started interbreeding with the native White-headed Duck, which
was already endangered. This inter-breeding has exacerbated this
considerably, to the point that culls have been organised of the Ruddy
Duck. There is an informative page on Wikipedia about bird hybrids at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_hybrid
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
On 23/07/2008, at 5:15 PM, L&L Knight wrote:
The following news item discusses how the introduction of an exotic
species led to the hybridisation of two related species that don't
normally hybridise ...
I'm not sure whether this might happen with birds ...
Regards, Laurie.
http://environment.newscientist.com/article/dn14373-alien-fish-creates-threeway-hybrid.html
Alien fish creates three-way hybrid
• 22:00 21 July 2008
• NewScientist.com news service
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