10 Shockingly bloodthirsty birds – #2 will leave you in a big shock!

6. Vampire Finch

Bram Stoker meets The Birds. Just when it couldn’t get worse among avian monstrosities, we discover the Vampire Finch. This close relative of pet canaries and Alfred Hitchcock’s chimney swarming house sparrows has evolved with a disturbing difference. Using its sharp beak adapted for capturing insects, the Vampire Finch has developed the gruesome habit of approaching adult and juvenile birds of all sizes and grasping on with its feet, then gashing them and drinking their blood. Such a small vampire bird is hard to shake off, and will quickly return for more due to its high metabolism. Nothing is creepier than a little songbird that latches on and drinks blood.