Kingdom Animalia Order Passeriformes Genus Acridotheres Higher classification Acridotheres | Phylum Chordata Family Sturnidae Scientific name Acridotheres cristatellus Rank Species | |
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Similar Bird, Common hill myna, Chinese hwamei, Common myna, Starling | ||
Adorable crested myna bird
The crested myna (Acridotheres cristatellus) is a species of starling native to southeastern China and Indochina. Unlike other similar mynas, its bill is dull whitish rather than orange-yellow.
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Around 1890, the crested myna was introduced into the Vancouver region of British Columbia. It was initially successful, reaching a population in the thousands, without spreading far from the Lower Mainland. By the mid-twentieth century, numbers began declining, and the bird is now extirpated in North America.
Talkative crested mynah
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Crested myna Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA