Common Myna

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Sturnidae (Starlings)

Common Myna

Acridotheres tristis

家八哥 (jiā bā-gē)

    Malay : Gembala-Kerbau Rumah

    Japanese : カバイロハッカ (kaba-iro hakka) / インドハッカ (indo hakka)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 樺色八哥 / 印度八哥

    Size : 23–27 cm; 82–143 g

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Acridotheres tristis tristis (Linnaeus, 1766)
  – Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, S Kazakhstan, NW China (NW Xinjiang), Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan S to SE Iran, Afghanistan and almost entire Indian Subcontinent S from Himalayan foothills (except Sri Lanka), thence E to Myanmar, S China (Yunnan and Hainan), Thailand, Indochina, Malay Peninsula and Singapore.
• Acridotheres tristis melanosternus (Legge, 1879)
  – Sri Lanka.

    Widely introduced elsewhere.

Acridotheres tristis ssp. tristis
Date : 22 September 2018

Location : Bagan Sungai Tiang Mudflat, Selekoh, Daerah Bagan Datuk, Perak

Acridotheres tristis ssp. tristis
Date : 21 April 2018

Location : Kamunting Raya Industrial Estate, Kamunting, Daerah Larut, Matang & Selama, Perak