Starlings (Sturnidae)
Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis) - HBW 14, p. 735
French: Martin triste
German:
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
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A bird drinking at the National Park's restaurant Khao Yai National Park, North Eastern Thailand, Thailand (ssp tristis)
Josep del Hoyo 19 November 2004 4 years ago 35 sec 4.4 -
Two views of a bird eating the pulp of a papaya. Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India (ssp tristis)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 29 weeks ago 40 sec 4.3 -
Two adults moving around goats, feeding and calling once. Sippighat, South Andaman, Andaman Islands, Andaman and Nicobar (ssp tristis)
Josep del Hoyo 14 December 2009 14 weeks ago 31 sec 4 -
Two birds feeding on papaya and bananas, sharing the tree with a Jungle Myna at the biginning. Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India (ssp tristis)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 29 weeks ago 46 sec 4 -
An adult perched on the back of a Water Buffalo (ssp tristis)
Anna Motis 27 April 2003 7 years ago 17 sec 4 -
A bird on the ground, near the water, calling Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (ssp tristis)
Philip Griffin 29 December 2004 4 years ago 17 sec 3.8
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an introduced species Cairns Esplenade, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Georges Olioso 18 September 2007 1 year ago 4.5 -
Looking for insects in the dead mangroves Al Wakra Beach, Qatar
John A Thompson 29 June 2010 8 weeks ago 4.1 -
In flight Al Wakra Beach, Qatar
John A Thompson 27 September 2009 9 weeks ago 4.1 -
A bird on a branch. Smriti Van, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Mital Patel 31 March 2009 1 year ago 4 -
A Common Myna pair perch on an earth mound. Mysore, Mysore District, Karnataka, India
Ragoorao 16 December 2009 8 weeks ago 3.8 -
An adult walking in the grass. Lumphini Park, Bangkok, Central Thailand, Thailand (ssp tristis)
Christophe Gouraud 22 October 2010 33 weeks ago 3.8
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Four different calls during breeding period Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 May 2006 33 weeks ago 4.7 -
Different loud sweet calls Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 June 2006 33 weeks ago 4.5 -
A bird giving long chrping calls from a tree Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 November 2009 33 weeks ago 4.5 -
A flock roosting, mixed with Jungle Mynas. Ranganathittu Bird Sanctuary, Karnataka, India
(ssp tristis)
Josep del Hoyo 11 December 2009 16 weeks ago 4 -
A 75 seconds sequence of calls of a group of birds.
Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Ernakulam District, Kerala, India
(ssp tristis)
Josep del Hoyo 30 November 2009 26 weeks ago 4 -
Calls of birds over a canal Kerala, India
(ssp tristis)
Stuart Fisher 5 February 2006 1 year ago 4
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