Common myna

Acridotheres tristis · Sturnidae

The common myna or Indian myna, sometimes spelled mynah, is a bird in the family Sturnidae, native to Asia. An omnivorous open woodland bird with a strong territorial instinct, the common myna has adapted extremely well to urban environments.

Where the Common myna lives

Recorded in India, Taiwan, Thailand and Sri Lanka (Asia, Oceania, Africa and North America).

Introduced, not native, in Ashmore and Cartier Is., South Africa, United States of America, New Zealand and Israel.

Most records fall in Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, Hawaii, Florida and Maharashtra.

See the Common myna’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 3,533,442 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.