Prakruti Parichay
SturnidaeAcridotheres

Common Myna

Acridotheres tristis

25–25 cmMedium
Beak
—
Feet
—
Crest
No crest

Widespread resident; unrecorded in parts of NW and NE subcontinent. Brownish myna with yellow orbital skin, white wing patch and white tail-tip. Adult has glossy black on head and breast merging in to maroon-brown of rest of body. Juvenile is duller. with brownish-black head and paler brown throat and breast. In Sri Lanka (A. tmelanostemus) is darker with more extensive yellow orbital skin. Voice Song is disjointed, noisy and tuneless, with gurgling and whistling, and much repetition. Has a most distinctive call, a harsh chake-chakewhen alarmed. Habitation and cultivation.

Colour

BrownYellowWhiteBlack
Average size
25 cm
Habitat
Habitation and cultivation.
Behaviour
Widespread resident, unrecorded in parts of NW and NE subcontinent.

About this bird

Widespread resident; unrecorded in parts of NW and NE subcontinent. Brownish myna with yellow orbital skin, white wing patch and white tail-tip. Adult has glossy black on head and breast merging in to maroon-brown of rest of body. Juvenile is duller. with brownish-black head and paler brown throat and breast. In Sri Lanka (A. tmelanostemus) is darker with more extensive yellow orbital skin. Voice Song is disjointed, noisy and tuneless, with gurgling and whistling, and much repetition. Has a most distinctive call, a harsh chake-chakewhen alarmed. Habitation and cultivation.

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Common Myna is bigger than Blue-tailed Bee-eater but smaller than Brown-cheeked Rail.

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Common Myna

Acridotheres tristis

25–25 cm