An invasive species in many locations.
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English Common Myna
Scientific (Acridotheres tristis tristis)
Order PASSERIFORMES
Family (Latin) Sturnidae
Family (English) Starlings, Rhabdornises
Other name(s) Martin triste
Breeding Regions OR
Breeding Range Subregions widespread
Nonbreeding Range Subregions
Countries (BETA)map Afghanistan,American Samoa(I),Australia(I),Bahamas(I),Bahrain,Bangladesh,Bhutan,Botswana(I),Cambodia,China, Comoros(I),Cook Islands(I),Cuba(I),Egypt(I),French Polynesia(I),Hong Kong(I),India - Andaman and Nicobar Islands,India - mainland,Indonesia,Iran, Iraq(I),Israel(I),Jamaica(I),Kazakhstan,Kuwait,Kyrgyzstan,Laos,Lebanon,Madagascar(I),Malaysia, Mauritius(I),Myanmar,Nepal,New Caledonia(I),New Zealand(I),Oman(I),Pakistan,Puerto Rico(I),Qatar(I),Reunion(I), Russia,Saint Helena(I),Samoa(I),Saudi Arabia(I),Seychelles(I),Singapore,Solomon Islands(I),South Africa(I),Sri Lanka,Swaziland(I), Tajikistan,Thailand,Turkey(I),Turkmenistan,United Arab Emirates(I),United States - Hawaii,United States - mainland(I),Uzbekistan,Vanuatu(I),Vietnam, Zimbabwe(I),
IOC 13.1 Subspecies Group Subspecies Breeding Range
tristis s Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan and e Iran to s China, Indochina, Malay Pen. and s India
melanosternus Sri Lanka
IUCN Status Code LC (Birdlife factsheet )
Described by (Linnaeus, 1766)
German Hirtenmaina
French Martin triste
Chinese 家八哥
Japanese インドハッカ
Russian Майна
Spanish Miná común
Portuguese mainá-indiano
Bird Data App text An invasive species from Asia that has been declared a pest in other parts of the world.
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Breeding Range Codes
AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara)
AN Antarctica
AO Atlantic Ocean
AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu)
PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan)
IO Indian Ocean
LA Latin America (Middle and South America)
MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama)
NA North America (includes the Caribbean)
NO Northern oceans
OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas)
PO Pacific Ocean
SA South America
SO Southern oceans
TO Temperate oceans
TrO Tropical oceans
Worldwide Worldwide
IUCN Status Codes
EX Extinct
EW Extinct in the wild
CR Critically Endangered
EN Endangered
VU Vulnerable
NT Near Threatened
LC Least Concern
DD Data deficient
NE Not evaluated
PE Probably extinct (informal)
PEW Probably extinct in the wild (informal)