Crested Myna

Order - Passeriformes
Family - Sturnidae (Starlings)

Crested Myna

Acridotheres cristatellus

冠八哥 (guàn bā-gē)

    Malay : Gembala-Kerbau Cina

    Japanese : 
    ハッカチョウ (hakka-chō) / カーレン (kāren) / 
    ハハチョウ (haha-chō) / コキュウカンチョウ (ko kyūkan-chō)

    Kanji 日語漢字 : 八哥鳥 / 加令 / 叭叭鳥 / 小九官鳥

    Extent of Occurrence (resident/breeding) : 4,410,000km²
    Migratory Status : Not a Migrant
    Breeding Endemic : No

    Size : Vancouver, BC, specimens: total length 21.5–27.5 cm; 102–112 g

              s China, specimens : total length 24.7 cm (226–257 cm); male 108–136 g, female 108–140 g

             

    Subspecies (3) and Distribution

• Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus (Linnaeus, 1758)
  – S and SE China (S from S Shaanxi, E from C Sichuan and W Yunnan). Recorded in N and E Myanmar, where status unknown.
• Acridotheres cristatellus brevipennis (E. J. O. Hartert, 1910)
  – Laos and Vietnam (except S), and Hainan (S China).
• Acridotheres cristatellus formosanus (E. J. O. Hartert, 1912)
  – Taiwan.
  
  Introduced (probably race brevipennis) in Peninsular Malaysia (Penang), Singapore, N    Philippines (Manila region of Luzon), Borneo, Japan, Canada (Vancouver), Argentina
  (Buenos Aires Province) and Portugal (Lisbon and Setúbal).

Distribution Map

Date : 22 December 2018

Location : Taman Kebun Bunga (Penang Botanic Gardens), Georgetown, Daerah Timur Laut, Pulau Pinang