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GrasslandCavity nestMedium · 72 g
ID tip
The head is black on the crown and sides and the upper plumage is slaty grey while the underside is lighter grey with pale pink plumage towards the centre of the abdomen. The wing is black but has a wing patch at the base of the primaries and the tips of the outer tail feathers are pale pinkish buff. The naked skin behind the eye is brick red, the legs are yellow while the iris is deep red. The sexes are indistinguishable in the field. Young birds have a browner head and neck. The species is evolutionarily closest to the common myna.
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When to see the Bank Myna
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Bank Myna
The map shades 11 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Taiwan.
About the Bank Myna
The bank myna is a myna found in the northern parts of South Asia. It is smaller but similar in colouration to the common myna, only differing in having brick-red naked skin behind the eyes instead of yellow. It is greyer on the underside and in this and in the presence of a slight tuft of feathers bears some resemblance to the jungle myna. They are found in flocks on the plains of northern and central India, often within towns and cities. Their range appears to be extending southwards into India. The name is derived from their habit of nesting almost exclusively in the earthen banks of rivers, where they excavate burrows and breed in large colonies.
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Easily confused with
Great MynaAcridotheres grandisIt is black with elongated forehead feathers, forming a frontal crest that may curl backwards.
Vinous-breasted MynaAcridotheres leucocephalusIt has a yellowish bill and grey upperparts.
Burmese MynaAcridotheres burmannicusThe Burmese myna is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.
Side by side: Bank Myna vs Crested Myna · Bank Myna vs Great Myna · Bank Myna vs Vinous-breasted Myna
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