Bird Guide

Great Myna vs Jungle Myna

Great Myna (Acridotheres grandis)

Great Myna

Acridotheres grandis

Medium99 gGrassland

It is black with elongated forehead feathers, forming a frontal crest that may curl backwards. Its beak and feet are yellow. It has white from the vent to the tip of the tail and a white wing patch.

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Photo: Jason Thompson · CC BY 2.0
Jungle Myna (Acridotheres fuscus)

Jungle Myna

Acridotheres fuscus

Medium83 gWoodland

Jungle mynas are 23-centimetre (9.1 in) long and have grey plumage, darker on the head and wings. The sexes are indistinguishable in plumage. A large white wing patches on the base of the primaries becomes conspicuous in flight, and the tail feathers are broadly tipped in white. There is a tuft of feathers on the forehead arising at the base of the bill. The bill and legs are bright yellow, and there is no bare skin around eye as in the common myna and the bank myna. The base of the beak is dark in adults with a shade of blue at the base of the lower mandible.

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Photo: Wich’yanan (Jay) Limparungpatthanakij · CC BY 4.0

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