G. religiosa at Satchari National Park, Habiganj District, Bangladesh
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Passeriformes
Family:
Sturnidae
Genus:
Gracula
Species:
G. religiosa
Binomial name
Gracula religiosa
Linnaeus, 1758
Distribution of various forms within the species complex
Synonyms
Gracula indica (but see text)
The common hill myna (Gracula religiosa), sometimes spelled "mynah" and formerly simply known as the hill myna or myna bird, is the myna most commonly sighted in aviculture, where it is often simply referred to by the latter two names. It is a member of the starling family (Sturnidae), resident in hill regions of South Asia and Southeast Asia. The Sri Lanka hill myna, a former subspecies of G. religiosa, is now generally accepted as a separate species G. ptilogenys. The Enggano hill myna (G. enganensis) and Nias hill myna (G. robusta) are also widely accepted as specifically distinct, and many authors favor treating the southern hill myna (G. indica) from the Nilgiris and elsewhere in the Western Ghats of India as a separate species.
The common hill myna is a popular talking bird. Its specific name religiosa may allude to the practice of teaching mynas to repeat prayers.[3]
^BirdLife International (2018). "Gracula religiosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T103878755A135865132. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T103878755A135865132.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^"Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
^Bertram, Brian (1970). "The Vocal Behaviour of the Indian Hill Mynah, Gracula religiosa". Animal Behaviour Monographs. 3: 79. doi:10.1016/S0066-1856(70)80003-6. The specific name religiosa probably results from the old practice, in Bengal particularly, of teaching captive Hill Mynahs to utter short prayers.
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lumps this species with the commonhillmyna. This large, stocky and superficially crow-like myna is the largest of the hillmynas and may be the largest living...
the commonhillmyna, but today all major authorities recognise them as separate. Comparably, the Enggano, Nias, Tenggara, and southern hillmynas have...
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southwest Sumatra. Clements lumps this species with the commonhillmyna. The Enggano hillmyna is stocky with mainly black plumage. It has bright orange-yellow...
of almost 2,000 words. The commonhillmyna, a common pet, is well known for its talking ability and its relative, the common starling, is also adept at...
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the ancestors of the Iban community following the movements of the commonhillmyna and the great argus. According to an oral interview with an Iban people...
van bhainsa, or wild Asian buffalo. The state bird is the pahari myna, or hillmyna. The state tree is the Sal (Sarai) found in Bastar division. Chhattisgarh...
although it is not as bold as the commonmyna. It produces a range of calls made up of liquid notes. The Indian pied myna was formally described by the Swedish...
boar. There are over 300 species of birds in the park, such as the commonhillmyna, as well as grey, Indian pied and Malabar pied hornbills. There are...
Europe and North America is the common starling, and throughout much of Asia and the Pacific, the commonmyna is indeed common. Starlings have strong feet...
which also consists the state bird of Chhattisgarh, the Commonhillmyna or Bastar hillmyna. The park serves its name from the Kanger River, which flows...
or merlins (Falco columbarius). Commonmynas (Acridotheres tristis) sometimes evict eggs, nestlings and adult common starlings from their nests, and the...
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1371/journal.pone.0147295. PMC 4723238. PMID 26799955. "Search for the Common Genet (Genetta genetta) and other species in Southern France". Rewilding...
(designation and sequence of orders, families and species) and nomenclature (common and scientific names) follow the conventions of the IOC World Bird List...
kingfisher Ceyx erythacus has been observed occasionally at the pond. Commonhillmyna, golden-fronted leafbird, blue-winged leafbird, spotted dove, emerald...
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