COMMON MYNA

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

 (*  27)                COMMON MYNA              Acridotheres tristis

CAMBODIA.           10

Associated with human agriculture and settlements. 25 cm. Resident from the Middle East through India and S China to Southeast Asia; invaded Peninsula Malaysia and Singapore over the past century, then Sumatra and a small numbers in Sarawak.

MYNA

Photographed at Shakespeare Regional Park, June 2017

(*   27)              MYNA                  Acridotheres tristis 

NEW ZEALAND              16

Also known in Australia as Indian Myna. In New Zealand a locally abundant Asian introduction, covering most of the North Island. 24 cm. Found in parks, gardens, orchards, farmland and sometimes on forest margins.

COMMON MYNA

Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017

(*   27)                COMMON MYNA              Acridotheres tristis

MALAYSIA              7

Associated with human agriculture and settlements. 25 cm. Resident from the Middle East through India and S China to Southeast Asia; invaded Peninsula Malaysia and Singapore over the past century, then Sumatra and a small numbers in Sarawak.

COMMON MYNA

Photographed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, March 2017

(*   27)                  COMMON MYNA                 Acridotheres tristis

SRI LANKA             4

Subspecies melanosternus. Found in forest edges, trees in open areas and villages and town gardens. 25 cm.  Common breeding resident throughout.

COMMON MYNA

Photographed at Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

(* 27)            COMMON MYNA                   Acridotheres tristis

NEPAL                42

Found near habitation and cultivation. 25 cm. Abundant and widespread resident.

COMMON MYNA

Photographed in Singapore November 2016

(see   27)         COMMON MYNA          Acridotheres tristis

SINGAPORE         (35) 

Also known as Indian Myna. Common resident of scrub, grassland, parkland and urban areas. 25 cm. Distribution: Parts of Middle East and Central Asia, east to Indian sub-continent, Southeast Asia, and Thai-Maly Peninsula; widely introduced worldwide.

COMMON MYNA

27    COMMON MYNA          Acridotheres tristis

Australia     (27)

Also known as Indian myna or Mynah. It is 23-25 cms. The myna was introduced to Australia from Asia in the 1860s. It is now widely considered a pest. It inhabits urban areas and agricultural areas. Found in an area around Laura/Mossman in northern Queensland, Brisbane, and from the NSW north coast down into most of Victoria. Found in pairs and loose flocks.