INDIAN MYNAH BIRD (Acridotheres tristis) perched on twig, branch. Pajo Bhutan Asia. Horizontal. 91744_Bhutan-Yuwak
Natural range of habitat is Turkestan to India, Andamans and Sri Common Myna is identified by the brown body, black hooded head and the bare yellow patch behind the eye. The bill and legs are bright yellow. There is a white patch on the outer primaries and the wing lining on the underside is white. The sexes are similar and birds are usually seen in pairs. Local names for the bird in India include Desi myna in Hindi, Lalri gutar shark in Punjabi, Salik in Bengali, Xalika sorai in Assamese, Kathayi Kabari in Gujarati, Shale or Salonki in Marathi, Narthan Kuruvi in Tamil, Goranka in Telugu, Kavalamkili in Malayalam, Goravanka in Kannada and Gon kawadiya in Sinhalese. These birds are scavengers in urban parks, gardens and streets and will eat almost anything surviving well on garbage, scraps, vegetable matter, other birds eggs and even eating young hatchlings and small fledgling birds. Aggressive in their behaviour and with their numbers growing they are taking over the nesting sites, feeding grounds and airways attacking, displacing and sometimes killing other birds and small mammals and calls includes croaks, squawks, chirps, clicks and whistles, and the bird often fluffs its feathers and bobs its head in singing. The Common Mynah screeches warnings to its mate or other birds in cases of predators in proximity or when its about to take off Mynas are popular as cage birds for their singing and "speaking" abilities. They mate for life and breed through much of the year depending on the location, building their nest in a hole in a tree or wall. The normal clutch is 4–6 eggs. The Asian Koel is sometimes brood parasitic on this species. Like most starlings, the Common Myna is omnivorous, feeds on insects and fruits and waste from human. It forages on the ground among grass for insects, and especially for grasshoppers, from which it gets the generic name Acridotheres, "grasshopper hunter". It walks on the ground with occasional hops.
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Location: Pajo Bhutan Asia
Photo credit: © Daniel Valla FRPS / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: acridotheres, aves, avies, bhutan, bird, india, indian, minah, minor, myna, nepal, oiseau, pajo, passeriformes, pest, scavenger, starling, sturnidae, tristis, volatile, wild, wildlife
