Self-medicating to prevent malaria: house sparrows House
sparrows protect themselves from malaria by lining their nests
with and eating quinine-containing leaves from the paradise
flower tree. |Biomimetic Application Ideas| |Urban designs that
incorporate anti-malarial plants, new anti-malarial drugs.| >
Visit strategy page Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) IUCN Red
List Status: Least Concern Habitat(s): Artificial - Aquatic,
Artificial - Terrestrial, Forest, Grassland, Rocky Areas,
Shrubland, Wetlands Some organism data provided by: ITIS: The
Integrated Taxonomic Information System Organism/taxonomy data
provided by: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual
Checklist Application Ideas: Urban designs that incorporate
anti-malarial plants, new anti-malarial drugs. Industrial
Sector(s) interested in this strategy: Urban planning, medical