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 LC    Bank Myna* Id (Atlas):
    Acridotheres ginginianus

Description (10)
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Family
Sturnidae (Starlings)

Size
23 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Latham, 1790)

Habitat
Arable land, urban areas.

Range (Guide)
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Taiwan (China).

Vagrant to Afghanistan.

Introduced to Kuwait (B), Oman, United Arab Emirates.

Northern Indian Subcontinent from north-central and eastern Pakistan and Himalayan foothills east to southern Nepal and western Assam, south to Sind, north-central India (Gujarat, central Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal) and Bangladesh. Introduced to Japan and United Arab Emirates; also reported from Kuwait, Oman and Saudi Arabia.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (10)...)

 
Bank Myna (Acridotheres ginginianus) [XC149548]
     by vir joshi from New Delhi (approx location, near airport), India (call)

 
Bank Myna (Acridotheres ginginianus) [XC73026]
     by Mandar Bhagat from Delhi\/Jaipur rd, Rajastan, India, India (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Bank Myna (Acridotheres ginginianus) - 10 files


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