Hill Myna

Gracula religiosaOrder: PASSERIFORMES Family: Starling (Sturnidae)

Codes: Common Name: HIMY Scientific Name: GRAREL ITIS Taxonomic No.: 179652

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Hill Myna

Hill Myna: Large, stocky, glossy black starling with bright orange bill, unique fleshy lobes of bright yellow skin behind and below eyes, and prominent white wing patch. Yellow legs and feet. Extremely vocal, mimics other birds. It is a popular cage bird, renowned for its ability to imitate speech.

● Song: No data available.

● Foraging & Feeding: Hill Myna: Takes fruit, berries and seeds from many types of shrubs and trees. May also consume insects and small lizards.

● Breeding & nesting: Hill Myna: Breeds in cavities with both parents collecting small twigs and leaves to make crude nest. Lays two to four blue green eggs, sometimes spotted with brown. Incubation ranges from 13 to 17 days and is carried out by both parents. Young fledge in 25 to 28 days and parents may lay several broods.

● Similar species: Hill Myna: Common Myna has a yellow bill and patch of skin behind the eye. It has a dark brown body and black head and neck. Tip of tail and undertail coverts are white.

Flight Pattern

● Range & Habitat: Hill Myna: In North America found in urban gardens and parks around Miami, Florida, and in some large cities in southern California and Hawaii.

^BreedingMonogamous, Solitary nester

^Population

^MigrationNonmigratory

^Weight7 Ounces

4 and 6 letter alpha codes

The four letter common name alpha code is is derived from the first two letters of the common first name and the first two letters of common last name. The six letter species name alpha code is derived from the first three letters of the scientific name (genus) and the first three letters of the scientific name (species). See (1) below for the rules used to create the codes..

Four-letter (for English common names) and six-letter (for scientific names) species alpha codes were developed by Pyle and DeSante (2003, North American Bird-Bander 28:64-79) to reflect A.O.U. taxonomy and nomenclature (A.O.U. 1998) as modified by Supplements 42 (Auk 117:847-858, 2000) and 43 (Auk 119:897-906, 2002). The list has been updated by Pyle and DeSante to reflect changes reported by the A.O.U from 2003 through 2006.

Field Guide to Birds of North America

Hill Myna

Hill Myna

Flight Pattern