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Long-tailed Myna

Mino kreffti

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernFruitForestCavity nestMedium · 217 g
Long-tailed Myna (Mino kreffti), photo 1
Photo: Abby Darrah · CC BY 4.0
Long-tailed Myna (Mino kreffti), photo 2
Photo: tlaloc27 · CC BY 4.0
Long-tailed Myna (Mino kreffti), photo 3
Photo: tlaloc27 · CC BY 4.0
Long-tailed Myna (Mino kreffti), photo 4
Photo: Jay Pruett · CC BY 4.0
Long-tailed Myna (Mino kreffti), photo 5
Photo: Jay Pruett · CC BY 4.0
Long-tailed Myna (Mino kreffti), photo 6
Photo: Abby Darrah · CC BY 4.0
Long-tailed Myna (Mino kreffti), photo 7
Photo: (c) tlaloc27, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC BY 4.0
Long-tailed Myna (Mino kreffti), photo 8
Photo: tlaloc27 · CC BY 4.0
Long-tailed Myna (Mino kreffti), photo 9
Photo: Jay Pruett · CC BY 4.0
Long-tailed Myna (Mino kreffti), photo 10
Photo: (c) Jay Pruett, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

ID tip

Going on standard measurements and length, this very large myna is one of the largest member of the diverse family Sturnidae, behind only perhaps the Nias hill myna. It measures 29–32 cm (11–13 in) in length. Among standard measurements, the wing chord is 15.4 to 16.8 cm (6.1 to 6.6 in), the tail is 11.2 to 12.1 cm (4.4 to 4.8 in), the culmen is 2.9 to 3.3 cm (1.1 to 1.3 in) and the tarsus is 3.8 to 4.3 cm (1.5 to 1.7 in). No known weights have been reported.

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When to see the Long-tailed Myna

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

Where to see the Long-tailed Myna

Regular range

The map shades 2 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands

About the Long-tailed Myna

The long-tailed myna is a member of the starling family. It is native to the Bismarck and Solomon archipelagos. It resembles the yellow-faced myna, and the two were formerly considered conspecific.

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Easily confused with

Golden Myna (Mino anais) Golden MynaMino anaisThe golden myna is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. Yellow-faced Myna (Mino dumontii) Yellow-faced MynaMino dumontiiThe yellow-faced myna grows to a length of between 23 and 26 cm (9 and 10 in) and is one of the largest species of starling.

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