An avicide is any substance (normally a chemical) used to kill birds. thumb|Birds of prey are the most affected because they are at the top of the food chain and toxins accumulate.
An avicide is any substance (normally a chemical) used to kill birds. thumb|Birds of prey are the most affected because they are at the top of the food chain and toxins accumulate.
Commonly used avicides include strychnine (also used as rodenticide and predacide), DRC-1339 (3-chloro-4-methylaniline hydrochloride, Starlicide) and CPTH (3-chloro-p-toluidine, the free base of Starlicide), Avitrol (4-aminopyridine) and chloralose (also used as rodenticide). In the past, highly concentrated formulations of parathion in diesel oil were sprayed by aircraft over birds' nesting colonies.
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