Common Hill Myna

How to identify

Field marks

1. Yellow wattles below the eyes and on the nape
2. Black feathers with a green metallic gloss, purple on the head and neck
3. Large white wing patches prominent in flight
4. Yellow legs and feet

Male, female and young

Sexes similar; juveniles have a duller bill.

Voice

Loud, thin, high-pitched whistles fall in pitch and are followed by other calls.

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: November–March · Most records: Singapore, India, Cambodia

Common Hill Myna has been recorded at 281 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 17 countries and regions.

Records by month Northern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

1. Singapore Botanic GardensSingapore2,491 records
2. Mahananda WLS – Rongtong and Shivakhola ForestIndia893 records
3. Central Catchment Nature ReserveSingapore799 records

Countries and regions with the most records

SingaporeIndiaCambodiaPhilippinesBangladeshChinaNepalBhutan

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 common hill myna (Gracula religiosa), sometimes spelled "mynah" and formerly simply known as the hill myna or myna bird, is a species of starling found in the hills of South and Southeast Asia. The Sri Lanka hill myna, a former subspecies of G. religiosa, is now generally accepted as a separate species G. ptilogenys. The Nias hill myna (G. robusta) are also widely accepted as specifically distinct, and many authors favor treating the southern hill myna (G. indica) from the Nilgiris and elsewhere in the Western Ghats of India as a separate species.

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