LESSER HILL MYNA

March 2017

(*  320)              LESSER HILL MYNA              Gracula (religiosa) indica

SRI LANKA            108

Usually treated as conspecific with Common Hill Myna. Found in wooded areas and forest edges and adjoining gardens. 25 cm. Locally rather than common breeding resident from wet lowlands to mid hills, rare and local in dry lowlands.

COMMON HILL MYNA

Young Common Hill Myna photographed in Nepal.

320          COMMON HILL MYNA              Gracula religiosa

Nepal           (4)

Sometimes spelt mynah, and was formerly known simply as Hill Mynah. Range across hill regions of South Asia and Southeast Asia. 29 cm long. Often found in agricultural crops. Very loud noisy bird, often kept as pets.