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Collared Myna Acridotheres albocinctus Scientific name definitions

Adrian J. F. Craig and C. J. Feare
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2009

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Field Identification

25 cm. Relatively large, distinctive myna with white collar; feathers of forehead hackled and erect, forming short crest, crown and nape feathers elongated and lanceolate. Head black, slightly glossy, overall glossy grey-black above, slightly paler, duller, greyish-black below; pale collar formed by buffish-white feathers (white when tips abraded) at side of neck and throat, on nape white tips form broken band; black undertail-coverts tipped white, producing barring; wing black, small white wing patch formed by white bases of primaries; tail black, tipped white (white tips are sometimes absent on inner feathers); iris pale blue or azure-blue; bill orange-yellow; legs yellow. Sexes alike. Juvenile is browner than adult, with pale throat and pale patch on side of neck formed by buffy-white feather tips, forehead feathers bristly but no crest.

Systematics History

Monotypic.

Subspecies

Monotypic.

Hybridization

Hybrid Records and Media Contributed to eBird

  • Collared x Crested Myna (hybrid) Acridotheres albocinctus x cristatellus

Distribution

NE India (Manipur Valley), NC & C Myanmar (Chin Hills E to Shan State) and S China (NW Yunnan).

Habitat

Open grassland, moist areas, including marshland, and cultivated lands, also villages; generally between 800 m and 1200 m, but to 1525 m in Myanmar.

Movement

Resident. Possibly some small local movements.

Diet and Foraging

Diet includes animal and plant food: grasshoppers (Acrididae) and other insects, also small vertebrates (frogs, lizards); cereal grains, nectar and fig (Ficus) fruits. Forages mostly on ground; also in trees. Associates with cattle and buffalo (Bubalus). Gregarious; often in flocks with A. grandis.

Sounds and Vocal Behavior

Apparently undescribed.

Breeding

Season Apr–Jun. Colonial. Nest a roughly built structure placed in hole in tree or bank, or in hollow in wall. Clutch 4 eggs, plain blue. No other information.

Conservation Status

Conservation status on Birdlife LC Least Concern
Not globally threatened. Very local in NE India; uncommon to locally common in Myanmar. Very poorly known. Rare exotic in Taiwan, where presumed to involve escaped captives.
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Distribution of the Collared Myna

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Recommended Citation

Craig, A. J. F. and C. J. Feare (2020). Collared Myna (Acridotheres albocinctus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.colmyn1.01
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