Common Myna
Acridotheres tristis
Least Concern (IUCN Red List)Starlings
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Call and song
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About the Common Myna
A large, black-and-brown myna with white wing patches, yellow bill, and yellow legs. Gregarious and often found in noisy flocks. Aggressive, often driving away other birds. Can be found just about anywhere but the densest forests. Native to southern Asia, where it is among the most common species. Widely introduced elsewhere in the world, including Australia, New Zealand, and Hawaii.
Species account: eBird.org, fetched 2025-12-26 · How these pages are made
Where it has been recorded
Recorded in 96 of the 253 countries we have eBird lists for. Each opens that country's checklist.
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- American Samoa
- Aruba
- Australia
- Bahamas
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Belgium
- Bhutan
- Botswana
- British Indian Ocean Territory
- Brunei
- Cambodia
- Canada
- China
- Comoros
- Cook Islands
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- Eswatini
- Fiji
- France
- French Polynesia
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Macau
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritius
- Mayotte
- Mongolia
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palestinian Territory
- Papua New Guinea
- Philippines
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Réunion
- Russia
- Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
- Samoa
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Singapore
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- Tonga
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vietnam
- Wallis and Futuna
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
