Stats

Lifespan: 4-12 yrs
Size: Small
Diet: Omnivore
Activity: Diurnal
Social: Flock
Biome: Tropical dry forest
Range: South Asia
Movement: Flight
Breeding: Egg-laying
Defense: Speed
Status: Common

About

Native to South Asia, the Common Myna is listed among the IUCN's 100 worst invasive species, having colonised cities on every inhabited continent by outcompeting native birds for nest cavities. Its bold yellow bill and bare yellow eye-ring contrast sharply with glossy black-and-brown plumage.

Life cycle

1.
egg
A small clutch of speckled eggs is incubated in a cup nest, turned and kept warm by the parent.
2.
hatchling
A pink, blind hatchling is fed by its parents in the nest, gaping its bill at every visit.
3.
juvenile
A feathered juvenile fledges from the nest, learning to fly and to forage close to its parents.
4.
adult
Fully grown with adult plumage and song.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Acridotheres
Species: Acridotheres tristis