Bank Myna

How to identify

Field marks

1. Brick-red bare skin behind the eye
2. Black crown and sides of the head; slate-gray upperparts
3. Pale gray underparts with pale pink on the center of the belly
4. Yellow legs and feet; deep red iris

Male, female and young

Sexes indistinguishable in the field; juveniles have a browner head and neck.

Voice

Calls are loud and varied, including clucking, croaks, shrieks, whistles and warbling vocalizations.

Similar species

Common Myna

Common Myna is slightly larger, with yellow rather than brick-red bare skin behind the eye.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: December–February · Most records: India, United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh

Bank Myna has been recorded at 155 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 11 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Bharatpur – Keoladeo Ghana NPIndia1,442 records
2. Okhla Bird SanctuaryIndia1,178 records
3. Wamm FarmsUnited Arab Emirates1,162 records

Countries and regions with the most records

IndiaUnited Arab EmiratesBangladeshPakistanNepalSaudi ArabiaBhutanKuwait

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The bank myna (Acridotheres ginginianus) is a myna found in the northern parts of South Asia. It is smaller but similar in colouration to the common myna, only differing in having brick-red naked skin behind the eyes instead of yellow. It is greyer on the underside and in this and in the presence of a slight tuft of feathers bears some resemblance to the jungle myna.

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