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Great Myna

Acridotheres grandisMoore, F, 1858

English (US) Great Myna

The Great Myna (Acridotheres grandis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Sturnidae (Rhabdornis, Starlings, and Mynas) in the order Passeriformes.

Range: northeastern India to southwestern China, Myanmar, Thailand, and IndochinaRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Acridotheres grandis
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Great Myna
Described by
Moore, F, 1858

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Taxonomic history

Described by
Moore, F, 1858
Type locality
Sumatra (error). Restricted, in error, to Tenasserim by Baker (1921, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 27, p. 702); and to Bangkok, Thailand, by Deignan (1945, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 186, p. 526).
Original description
A catalogue of the birds in The Museum of the Hononrable East-India Company 2 p.537

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 123 species of the family Sturnidae