Myna (scientific name: Acridotheres cristatellus): The size is similar to that of the starling, with a body length of 23-28cm. The whole body is black, with long, vertical feather clusters on the forehead, like a crown, and the wings have white wing spots, especially when flying. Tail feathers and undertail coverts with white terminal spots. Mouth milky yellow, feet yellow.

Myna

Mainly inhabits low altitudes below 2000m In secondary broad-leaved forests, bamboo forests and forest edge sparse forests in hilly and foothill plains. Feeds on insects and insect larvae such as locusts, grasshoppers, scarabs, snakes, caterpillars, cutworms, flies, and lice, as well as plant foods such as grains, plant fruits and seeds.

The myna population is relatively common in southern China, and it is not only an important agricultural and forestry bird, but also a popular cage bird. It can imitate the song of other birds and simple human language. It is widely caged in China and introduced to the Philippines and Canada.

Chinese name: Starling

Latin name: Acridotheres cristatellus

Alternative names: Black Starling, Robin, Hangao, Crested Starling, Leogezai

Kingdom: Animalia

Department: Chordate

Subphylum: Vertebrate subphylum

Class: Avian

Subclass: Aviary

Order: Passerine

Suborder: Songbird

Family: Starling

Genus: Myna

Species: Myna

Subspecies: 3 subspecies

Named and Date: Linnaeus, 1766

English name: Crested Myna

Characteristics

Myna has a black body, with spear-like frontal feathers extending into clusters and standing at the base of the mouth. The shape is like a crown, the top of the head to the back of the neck, the side of the head, the cheeks and the ear feathers are spear-shaped, the velvet black has a blue-green metallic luster, and the rest of the upper body is decorated with lavender brown, which is not as black and bright as the head. The two wings are the same color as the back, the tip of the primary coverts and the base of the primary flight feathers are white, forming broad white wing spots, especially when flying. The tail feathers are black, except for the central pair of tail feathers, all with white end spots. The underparts are dark gray and black, and the perianal and lower tail coverts have white terminal spots. The iris is orange-yellow, the mouth is creamy yellow, and the feet are yellow.

Size measurement: weight 78-150g, 82-130g; body length 221-277mm, 210-261mm; mouth peak 16-26mm, 16-25mm; wings 112-151mm, 112-140mm; tail 63 -90mm, 70-91mm; tarsal 37-41mm, 33-43mm.