Long-tailed Myna (Mino kreffti)

Family
Sturnidae (Starlings)

Size
25 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Sclater, 1869)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest, swamp forest, dry savanna, plantations.

Range (Guide)

Solomon Islands (B) (R).

Bismarck Archipelago and northern and central Solomon Is (south-east to Guadalcanal and Malaita).

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (30)...)

Long-tailed Myna (Mino kreffti) [XC33000]
by Niels Krabbe from Mt Austen, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands (call)

Long-tailed Myna (Mino kreffti) [XC196172]
by Ethan Linck from Mt Austen, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands (call)

Subspecies
Sometimes treated as conspecific with Yellow-faced Myna (Mino dumontii). Birds from south-western Bismarcks (New Britain and Umboi) described as subspecies giliau, and smaller birds from eastern Solomons (Guadalcanal and Malaita) described as sanfordi.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

giliau Stresemann, 1922 - New Britain and Umboi (Bismarck Arch.).
kreffti (Sclater, PL, 1869) - Bismarck Archipelago, northern and central Solomon Islands.
sanfordi Hartert, 1929 - Guadalcanal and Malaita (eastern Solomons).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Long-tailed Myna (Mino kreffti) - 10 files

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