Philippine Species of Endemic Fauna •(Philippine_SoEFa)•

[waterboy0911]

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Passerine #8 : Common Hill Myna



Com.name: Common Hill Myna, Mynah, hill myna
Sci.name: Gracula religiosa palawanensis
Classification:Birds
Family: Passerines – Starlings
Location/Origin: Resident in hill regions of South Asia and Southeast Asia; subspecies in Palawan, Philippines; sightings includes Central Visayas and Northern Luzon.

Status:Least Concern (although sub-species conservation may vary to where they are from)

Description:
This is a stocky jet-black myna, with bright orange-yellow patches of naked skin and fleshy wattles on the side of its head and nape. At about 29 cm length, it is somewhat larger than the Common Myna (Acridotheres tristis). It is overall green-glossed black plumage, purple-tinged on the head and neck. There are large white wing patches which are obvious in flight but mostly covered when the bird is sitting. The bill and strong legs are bright yellow, and there are yellow wattles on the nape and under the eye.
Sexes are similar; juveniles have a duller bill.
The Common Hill Myna is often detected by its loud shrill descending whistles followed by other calls. It is most vocal at dawn and dusk when it is found in small groups in forest clearings high in the canopy. Both sexes can produce an extraordinarily wide range of loud calls – whistles, wails, screeches, and gurgles, sometimes melodious and often very human-like in quality. Each individual has a repertoire between 3 and 13 such call types, which may be shared with some near neighbours of the same s3x, being learned when young. There is a very rapid change of dialect with distance, such that birds living more than 15 km apart have no call-types in common with one another. Unlike some other birds, such as the Greater Racket-tailed Drongo (Dicrurus paradiseus), the Common Hill Mynas do not imitate other birds in the wild, although it is a widely held misconception that they do. On the other hand, in captivity, they are among the most renowned mimics, perhaps on par only with the African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus). They can learn to reproduce many everyday sounds, particularly the human voice, and even whistled tunes, with astonishing accuracy and clarity.
Reference:
Common Hill Myna - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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[moy1moy1]

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