Family Starlings (Sturnidae)
Least Concern
Collared Myna (Acridotheres albocinctus)
Taxonomy
French: Martin à collier German: Halsbandmaina Spanish: Miná acollarado
Taxonomy:
Acridotheres albocinctus
Godwin-Austen and Walden
, 1875,Manipur, India
.Distribution:
NE India (Manipur Valley), NC & C Myanmar (Chin Hills E to Shan State) and S China (NW Yunnan).
Descriptive notes
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.... read more
Voice
Apparently undescribed.
Habitat
Open grassland, moist areas, including marshland, and cultivated lands, also villages; generally... read more
Food and feeding
Diet includes animal and plant food: grasshoppers (Acrididae) and other insects, also small vertebrates (frogs, lizards); cereal grains,... read more
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... read more
Movements
Resident. Possibly some small local movements.
Status and conservation
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.
Monotypic.