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Ambelopoulia (Greek: αμπελοπούλια) is a controversial dish of grilled, fried, pickled or boiled songbirds which is a traditional dish enjoyed by native Cypriots and served in some Cypriot restaurants. It is illegal in Cyprus as it involves trapping wild birds such as blackcaps and European robins. Trapping kills … See more
• Franzen, Jonathan (July 26, 2010). "Emptying the Skies". The New Yorker. See more
Wikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license Nearly a Million Songbirds Trapped in Cyprus’s ’Killing …
Mar 13, 2015 · The trappers then play recorded bird songs to lure the targets: 20 to 30 species that are favored for ambelopoulia. But 152 species—78 of …
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Slaughter of the Song Birds - Scientific American
Jan 31, 2016 · Originally, ambelopoulia would have been a plate of blackcaps (Sylvia atricapilla), but the dish has extended to include 22 species of songbird. The traditional trapping method is to ensnare...
Slaughter of the song birds | Nature
Jan 26, 2016 · About 22 bird species are served up illegally by Cypriot restaurants in a traditional cuisine called ambelopoulia (pictured). The hope is that DNA barcoding — a technique that uses DNA...
Why Ambelopoulia is a problem for Europe - 10,000 Birds
Nov 12, 2010 · Nightingale, Thrush Nightingale, Semi-collared Flycatcher, Tree Pipit, Golden Oriole, Bonelli’s Warbler and Common Cuckoo — all difficult birds to see even for an experienced birder who is familiar with the Cyprus …
Poaching Birds Is Big Money for the Mafia in …
Like Cyprus itself, ambelopoulia—a catch-all term for various preparations of songbirds, which are typically served whole—has a complicated history. In the late Middle Ages, Cypriots exported barrels stuffed with thousands of salt …
Organized Crime in Cyprus Kills Over 400,000 Songbirds
Mar 22, 2024 · These establishments offer the birds as a local delicacy known as “ambelopoulia,” served either pickled or boiled. The staggering numbers revealed in the report—435,000 …
Illegal bird killing: the darker side of Cyprus
Nov 30, 2022 · The local dish of Ambelopoulia, consisting of blackcaps and other songbirds, was originally a food supplement. However, bird trapping is no longer about tradition and has become widespread, driven by profit and …
‘A grim reminder’: More than 400,000 songbirds killed …
Mar 8, 2024 · Until recently, songbirds were killed in their millions in Cyprus due to a local penchant for eating them pickled or boiled as a dish called “ambelopoulia”. This practice of trapping the little...
Songbirds are Illegally trapped in the Mediterranean - EarthSky
The July 26, 2010 issue of the New Yorker has a story about songbirds trapped in southern Europe, specifically Cyprus, in order to make a Cypriot dish known as “ambelopoulia.” The …
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