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GrasslandCavity nestMedium · 99 g
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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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When to see the Great Myna
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Great Myna
The map shades 15 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 Puerto Rico.
About the Great Myna
The great myna, also known as the white-vented myna, is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. Its range extends from Sikkim across Northeast India and Indochina.
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Easily confused with
Bank MynaAcridotheres ginginianusThe 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.
Crested MynaAcridotheres cristatellusThe crested myna is named after the tuft of feathers that form a crest-like structure on its forehead that covers the bird's nostrils.
Vinous-breasted MynaAcridotheres leucocephalusIt has a yellowish bill and grey upperparts.
Side by side: Great Myna vs Javan Myna · Great Myna vs Jungle Myna · Crested Myna vs Great Myna · Great Myna vs Rosy Starling · Bank Myna vs Great Myna · Great Myna vs Vinous-breasted Myna
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