Jungle myna

Jungle myna
A. f. fuscus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Acridotheres
Species:
A. fuscus
Binomial name
Acridotheres fuscus
(Wagler, 1827)[2]
Subspecies
  • A. f. fuscus (Wagler, 1827)
  • A. f. fumidus Ripley, 1950
  • A. f. mahrattensis (Sykes, 1832)
  • A. f. torquatus Davison, 1892
Synonyms
  • Aethiopsar fuscus
  • Maina cristelloides Hodgson, 1836[3]
  • Acridotheres cristatelloides Cabanis, 1850[4]

The jungle myna (Acridotheres fuscus) is a myna, a member of the starling family. It is found patchily distributed across much of the mainland of the Indian Subcontinent but absent in the arid zones of India. It is easily recognized by the tuft of feathers on its forehead that form a frontal crest, a feature also found in the closely related Javan myna and the pale-bellied myna which were treated as a subspecies in the past. The eyes are pale, yellow or blue depending on the population and the base of the orange-yellow bill is dark. It has also been introduced either intentionally or accidentally into many other parts of the world including Fiji, Taiwan, the Andaman Islands, and parts of Japan. The species has also spread out on its own to some islands in the Pacific.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Acridotheres fuscus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22710932A94268185. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22710932A94268185.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  2. ^ Wagler, Johann Georg (1827). Systema Avium. Pars I. Vol. pars 1. sumtibus J.G. Cottae. p. 88.
  3. ^ Hodgson, B.H. (1836). "Additions to the ornithology of Nepal". Journal of the Asiatic Society. 5: 770–781.
  4. ^ Sharpe, R. Bowdler (1890). Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. Vol. 13. London: British Museum (Natural History). pp. 86–90.