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 LC    Asian Pied Starling* Id (Atlas):
    Gracupica contra

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Asian Pied Starling, Pied Starling, Pied Myna, Asian Pied Myna, Indian Pied Myna

Family
Sturnidae (Starlings)

Size
22 - 25 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry grassland, dry savanna.

Range (Guide)
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China (mainland), India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand.

Introduced to United Arab Emirates.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2020) and increasing.

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (20)...)

 
Indian Pied Myna (Gracupica contra) [XC792257]
     by from , Myanmar (call)

 
Indian Pied Myna (Gracupica contra) [XC186725]
     by Peter Boesman from , India (call)

Subspecies
The following 5 subspecies are recognised:

  • contra (Linnaeus, 1758)   -  Extreme eastern Pakistan (Lahore area), northern and central India (east to western Assam, south to extreme northern Karnataka and northern Andhra Pradesh), southern Nepal and Bangladesh.
  • sordida (Ripley, 1950)   -  Northern Assam.
  • superciliaris (Blyth, 1863)   -  North-eastern India (Manipur), Myanmar (except southern and east) and south-western China (south-western Yunnan).
  • floweri (Sharpe, 1897)   -  Southern and eastern Myanmar, southern China (south-eastern Yunnan), Thailand (except east), north-western Laos and Cambodia.
  • jalla (Horsfield, 1821)   -  Sumatra, Java and Bali. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Javan Pied Starling (Gracupica jalla).



References
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Files:
JPG files for Asian Pied Starling (Gracupica contra) - 10 files


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