Common Names
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Common Names in Afrikaans:
Indiese Spreeu
Common Names in English:
Common Myna, Common Mynah, House Myna, House Mynah, Indian Myna, Indian Mynah, Mynah
Common Names in French:
Martin Triste
Common Names in German:
Hirtenmaina
Common Names in Japanese:
カバイロハッカ
Description
Family Sturnidae
A Family of medium-sized passerine birds with strong feet, strong direct flight, and a preference for open country. They are gregarious and omnivorous , often preferring insects and fruit. Most have dark plumage with a metallic sheen.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Birds
- Subclass:
Neornithes
()
- Gadow, 1893
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
()
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Perching Birds
- Suborder:
Passeri
()
- Parvorder:
Passerida
()
- Superfamily:
Muscicapoidea
()
- Family:
Sturnidae
()
- Starlings
- Tribe:
Sturnini
()
- Genus:
Acridotheres
()
- Godwin-Austen & Walden, 1875
- Specific name:
tristis
- Subspecies:
tristis
- Scientific name: - Acridotheres tristis tristis
- Subspecies:
tristis
- Specific name:
tristis
- Genus:
Acridotheres
(
- Tribe:
Sturnini
(
- Family:
Sturnidae
(
- Superfamily:
Muscicapoidea
(
- Parvorder:
Passerida
(
- Suborder:
Passeri
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Infraclass:
Neoaves
(
- Subclass:
Neornithes
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Acridotheres Tristas
- Acridotheres tristas (Linnaeus, 1766)
- Acridotheres tristis (Linnaeus, 1766)
Similar Species
Members of the genus Acridotheres
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 13 species and subspecies in this genus:
A. cristatellus brevipennis · A. cristatellus cristatellus (Chinese Crested Mynah) · A. cristatellus formosanus · A. fuscus fumidus · A. fuscus fuscus (Indian Jungle Mynah) · A. fuscus javanicus · A. fuscus mahrattensis · A. gingianus · A. griseus · A. siamensis · A. torquatus · A. tristis melanosternus · A. tristis tristis (Indian Mynah)
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Further Reading
- A hand-list of genera and species of birds of the Indian empire, by E. C. Stuart Baker Bombay, Printed by order of the committee of the Bombay natural history society[1923] ENG url p. 74.
- Birds from Nepal [by] Austin L. Rand [and] Robert L. Fleming. [Chicago]Chicago Natural History Museum, 1957. ENG url p. 193.
- Birds of the Crane Pacific expedition, by Ernst Mayr and Sidney Camras. Chicago, Field Museum of Natural History, 1938. ENG url p. 456.
- Birds of the Kelley-Roosevelts expedition to French Indo-China, by Outram Bangs and Josselyn Van Tyne. Chicago, 1931. ENG url p. 113.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 524.
- Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). London: BM(NH) ENG url p. 69.
- Novitates Zoologicae. London. url p. 338.
- Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 4th series. San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences. ENG url p. 259, p. 587.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 3, 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed September 30, 2006. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1712488
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 640719
