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 LC    Yellow-faced Myna* Id (Atlas):
    Mino dumontii Vagrant

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Yellow-faced Myna, Orange-faced Grackle, Orange-faced Myna, Papuan Myna, Long-tailed Myna(!)

Family
Sturnidae (Starlings)

Size
25 cm

First Described (Guide)
Lesson, 1827

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

Range (Guide)
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands.

West Papuan Is (Waigeo, Batanta, Salawati), New Guinea and many small offshore islands (except those off south-eastern coast), and Aru Is.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A variety of high-pitched, clear, nasal whistles.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (25)...)

 
Yellow-faced Myna (Mino dumontii) [XC22534]
     by Niels Krabbe from Varirata National Park, National Capital District, Papua New Guinea (call)

 
Yellow-faced Myna (Mino dumontii) [XC215327]
     by Frank Lambert from Waigeo, Raja Ampat Islands, West Papua, Indonesia (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Sometimes treated as conspecific with Long-tailed Myna (Mino kreffti).


References
See References.


Files:
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