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Common Myna in Rabindra Sarobar February 2025 by Tisha Mukherjee 01🐦

Photo: Tisha Mukherjee · CC BY-SA 4.0

SpeciesPasseriformesSturnidae
Birds

🐦Common myna

Acridotheres tristis (Linnaeus, 1766)

Pihamaina (Acridotheres tristis) on aasialainen varpuslintu, joka on maailmalla suosittu lemmikkilintu ja voi oppia matkimaan ihmispuhetta.

Text: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Measurements
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vs you
≈ 1/530th of your weight
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2025.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
Body mass
0.12 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Common myna

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
0.12 kg
AVONET
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Tail length
0.08 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Wing length
0.14 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Beak length
0.03 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Tarsus length
0.04 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Trophic level
Carnivore
AVONET
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Habitat
Human Modified
AVONET
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Lifestyle
Terrestrial
AVONET
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
0.1 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Common myna yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAves
  4. ›orderPasseriformes
  5. ›familySturnidae
  6. ›genusAcridotheres
  7. ›speciesAcridotheres tristis
Full lineage
  1. superclassTetrapoda
  2. orderSauria
  3. classBirds · Aves
  4. orderPerching birds · Passeriformes
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. classBirds · Aves
  10. orderPerching birds · Passeriformes
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In other languages
Acridotheres tristis (es), majna brunatna (pl), מיינה מצויה (he), Martin triste (fr), pásztormejnó (hu), Hirtenmaina (de) … and 24 more languages
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Common Myna in Rabindra Sarobar February 2025 by Tisha Mukherjee 01Acridotheres tristis by fishhead 02Acridotheres tristis Forest Botial Jarvis 341735878
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