Starlings (Sturnidae)
Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis) - HBW 14, p. 735
French: Martin triste
German: Hirtenmaina
Spanish: Miná Común
Other common names: Indian/House Myna, Locust Starling
Taxonomy: Paradisea tristis Linnaeus, 1766, Philippines; error = India.
Races perhaps intergrade to some extent in SW India (Kerala). Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- tristis ( Linnaeus, 1766) - Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, S Kazakhstan and Tajikistan S to SE Iran, Afghanistan and almost entire Indian Subcontinent S from Himalayan foothills (except Sri Lanka), thence E to Myanmar, S China (Yunnan and Hainan), Thailand, Indochina, Malay Peninsula and Singapore.
- melanosternus Legge, 1879 - Sri Lanka.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Two views of a bird eating the pulp of a papaya. Locality Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India (ssp tristis)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 2 years ago 40 sec 4.4 -
Two adults moving around goats, feeding and calling once. Locality Sippighat, South Andaman, Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar (ssp tristis)
Josep del Hoyo 14 December 2009 2 years ago 31 sec 4.3 -
Two birds feeding on papaya and bananas, sharing the tree with a Jungle Myna at the biginning. Locality Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India (ssp tristis)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 2 years ago 46 sec 4.3 -
A bird drinking at the National Park's restaurant Locality Khao Yai National Park, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand (ssp tristis)
Josep del Hoyo 19 November 2004 6 years ago 35 sec 4.2 -
A bird in a tree looking around and flying away. Locality Farino, New Caledonia (ssp tristis)
Josep del Hoyo 23 October 2010 1 year ago 24 sec 4.2 -
Two birds in a tree, preening, calling and looking around. Locality Farino, New Caledonia (ssp tristis)
Josep del Hoyo 23 October 2010 1 year ago 24 sec 4
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One bird perching
Locality Fatehpur Sikri, Agra District, Uttar Pradesh, India
Tomas Grim 26 November 2010 40 weeks ago 4.3 -
Looking for insects in the dead mangroves
Locality Al Wakra Beach, Qatar
John A Thompson 29 June 2010 1 year ago 4.2 -
an introduced species
Locality Cairns Esplenade, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Georges Olioso 18 September 2007 3 years ago 4.1 -
A bird walking on the ground.
Locality Al Safa Park, Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates
Fran Trabalon 3 January 2010 1 year ago 4.1 -
A bird perched on a branch...
Locality Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Soumyadeep Chatterjee 97 3 April 2012 7 weeks ago 4 -
Rats with wings - feral common myna.
Locality Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Margaret Leggoe 5 December 2011 21 weeks ago 4
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Four different calls during breeding period Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 May 2006 2 years ago 4.7 -
A bird giving long chrping calls from a tree Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 November 2009 2 years ago 4.7 -
Different loud sweet calls Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 June 2006 2 years ago 4.5 -
A flock roosting, mixed with Jungle Mynas. Locality Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary, Mandya District, Karnataka, India
(ssp tristis)
Josep del Hoyo 11 December 2009 2 years ago 4 -
A 75 seconds sequence of calls of a group of birds.
Locality Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India
(ssp tristis)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Calls of birds over a canal Locality Kerala, India
(ssp tristis)
Stuart Fisher 5 February 2006 3 years ago 4
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