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The critically-endangered Wilkins' bunting is endemic to a remote island in the South Atlantic, where it has been facing threats from an invasive insect that has been devastating the forest

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A rare bird found only on a remote island in the South Atlantic is receiving help to stave off extinction from a parasitic wasp, conservationists said.

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Remote island bird at risk of extinction is thrown lifeline by parasitic wasp

A rare bird found only on a remote island in the South Atlantic is receiving help to stave off extinction from a parasitic wasp, conservationists said. The critically-endangered Wilkins’ bunting is endemic to Nightingale Island, part of the Tristan da Cunha group of islands, where it feeds on the fruit of the island’s only native tree, the Phylica arborea. But an infestation of an invasive scale insect, accidentally introduced into the island, h…

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A rare bird found only on a remote island in the South Atlantic is receiving help to stave off extinction from a parasitic wasp, conservationists said.The critically-endangered Wilkins' bunting is endemic to Nightingale Island, part of the Tristan da Cunha group of islands, where it feeds on the fruit of the island's only native tree, the Phylica arborea.But an infestation of an invasive scale insect, accidentally introduced into the island, has…

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Conservationists have introduced a wasp to tackle an invasive scale insect destroying forest habitat of the critically-endangered Wilkins’ bunting.  A rare bird found only on a remote island in the South Atlantic is receiving help to stave off extinction from a parasitic wasp, conservationists said. The critically-endangered Wilkins’ bunting is endemic to Nightingale Island, part of the Tristan da Cunha group of islands, where it feeds on the fr…

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Tiny wasp helps protect island bird species threatened with extinction  Nightingale Island. Photo: David Kinchin-Smith 
One of the world’s rarest birds, Wilkins’ Bunting, has been handed a much-needed lifeline by a small species of parasitoid wasp.   
Only found on the remote Nightingale Island in the South Atlantic, the bunting’s food source was threatened by an invasive alien scale insect.   
Conservationists navigated an epic 10,000 km journe…

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RSPB press release – Tiny wasp helps protect island bird species threatened with extinction  – Mark Avery

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