Golden-crested Myna

When to see the Golden-crested Myna

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Golden-crested Myna

The map shades 6 countries with regular records, and 3 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 Bangladesh, Bhutan, China.

About the Golden-crested Myna

The golden-crested myna is a species in the starling and myna family, Sturnidae. It is found from north-eastern India through Indochina and has been introduced to the British Indian Ocean Territory. Its main habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, but it is also found in heavily degraded former forest.

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Easily confused with

Stripe-headed RhabdornisRhabdornis mystacalisThe stripe-headed rhabdornis or stripe-headed creeper, also known as the stripe-sided rhabdornis, is a species of bird currently placed in the starling family, Sturnidae. Stuhlmann's StarlingPoeoptera stuhlmanniStuhlmann's starling is a blue-black to blue-grey bird, with males appearing slightly darker and glossier on average than females. Bronze-tailed StarlingLamprotornis chalcurusThe bronze-tailed starling or bronze-tailed glossy-starling is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae.