silent forest syndrome

noun

A situation, common in Asia, in which an area of intact habitat no longer has a birdsong as a result of having had all songbirds trapped out for the cagebird trade.

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Meanings

noun
  1. A situation, common in Asia, in which an area of intact habitat no longer has a birdsong as a result of having had all songbirds trapped out for the cagebird trade.
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