GREAT MYNA

Photographed near Phnom Penh, Cambodia, November 2023

 

(* 1025)                GREAT MYNA                       Acridotheres grandis

CAMBODIA                    54

It is found in Northeast India, through Bangladesh to Southeast Asia.

NOTE: Formerly treated as conspecific with White-vented Myna A cinereus.

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 HILL-MYNA

Photographed on Langkawi, April 2017

(*   320)                 COMMON HILL-MYNA                Gracula religiosa

MALAYSIA              29

Found in the canopy of evergreen rainforest in the extreme lowlands, extending up hill slopes only on some off-shore islands. 29 cm. Resident on Peninsula Malaysia.

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.

JAVAN MYNA

Photographed in Kuala Lumpa, March 2017

(*  816)                   JAVAN MYNA                 Acridotheres javanicus

MALAYSIA               3

Formerly endemic to Java and Bali but spread or introduced throughout Malaysia, the bulk of the Malaysian Peninsula was colonised after 1970. Now most common myna in southern half of peninsula. 25 cm.

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 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.

JUNGLE MYNA

Photographed in Chitwen National Park, Nepal March 2017

1046            JUNGLE MYNA                   Acridotheres fuscus

NEPAL                139

Found in cultivation near well wooded areas, edges of habitation. 23 cm. Common, widespread resident.

GREAT MYNA

Photographed in Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal, March 2017

1025.                GREAT MYNA                       Acridotheres grandis

NEPAL                 100

Found in cultivation and grassland. 25 cm. Rare, very local resident, has bred in Koshi area in east; recently colonised Nepal and may spread.

NOTE: Formerly treated as conspecific with White-vented Myna A cinereus.

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 HILL MYNA

Photographed before first light in Singapore November 2016

(see   320)               COMMON HILL  MYNA             Gracula religiosa

SINGAPORE               (22)

Found in primary and secondary forests, forest edge and occasionally scrub. 29 cm. Distribution: SW and E India, SW China, mainland Southeast Asia, Thai-Malay Peninsula, Greater and Lesser Sundas, Palawan.

JAVAN MYNA

Photographed in Singapore November 2016

(see    816)                  JAVAN MYNA            Acridotheres javanicus

SINGAPORE         (1)

Also known as White-Vented Myna. 25 cm. Found in open country, along forest edges and in drier fields, often seen near urban villages, generally not settled in cities. Range: Indonesian endemic; Uncommon resident in Java and Bali only; introduced into other islands, such as Sumatra, Riau Islands and abroad to Singapore.

COMMON MYNA

Photographed in Denpasar, Bali October 2016

(see  27)              COMMON MYNA                    Acridotheres tristis  

INDONESIA (Bali)            (104)        

Also known as Indian myna or mynah. An omnivorous open woodland bird with a strong territorial instinct; very adaptive to urban environment, so much so it was listed in 2000 as the world's most invasive species. 23 cm. Native to Asia; but introduced to other parts of the world, such as Canada, Australia, Israel, New Zealand, Hawaii, South Africa and Florida, as well as others.

BALI MYNA

Photographed in north-west Bali October 2016

(840)              BALI MYNA                    Leucopsar rothschildi  

INDONESIA (Bali)         (54)        

Historically confined to the coastal forest of north-west Bali it has now been reintroduced there and on the island of Nusa Penida. 25 cm. Indonesian endemic: a rare resident along the north-west coast of Bali only. Critically endangered with global extinction.

Note: Historically confined to the coastal forest of north-west Bali; While previously found in flocks of hundreds in the area of the north-west of Bali the world population was down to 6 individuals in 2001. Breeding programs are helping this bird recover. Though there may be as many as 1,000 birds in captivity around the world. 

JAVAN MYNA

(816)                  JAVAN MYNA            Acridotheres javanicus

INDONESIA (Bali)         (14)

Also known as White-Vented Myna. 25 cm. Found in open country, along forest edges and in drier fields, often seen near urban villages, generally not settled in cities. Range: Indonesian endemic; Uncommon resident in Java and Bali only; introduced into other islands, such as Sumatra, Riau Islands and abroad to Singapore.

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.

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.