Jungle Myna
Jungle Myna is very much like Common Myna but more greyish brown overall; with similar white
wing patches, conspicuous in flight. absence of bare bright yellow skin
round eyes, and the bushy upstanding tuft of feathers on forehead are
diagnostic points.
Local names :
Jangli Myna (Hindi)
kinnarimyna (Malayalam)
Scientific name:
Acridotheres fuscus
Jungle mynas are omnivorous feed mainly on insects, fruit and seeds, for
which they forage mainly on the ground often in the company of other myna
species. Also eats wild figs and berries and flower nectar
Nest is a collection of twigs, roots, grass and rubbish stuffed in a tree
hole or in the weep-holes of a roadside revetment. eggs is 3 or 4 glossy
turquoise blue.Both sexes take part in nest building, incubation and feeding
the young
References
The Book of Indian Birds (Salim Ali)
Wikipedia
Pictures:
Wayanad, Kerala (2019)
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I just have one picture of this bird and is taken on the road-side during our wayand trip.
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