Javan myna

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  (Redirected from Javan Myna)
Jump to: navigation, search
Javan myna
Javan Myna (Acridotheres javanicus).jpg
Acridotheres javanicus
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Sturnidae
Genus: Acridotheres
Species: A. javanicus
Binomial name
Acridotheres javanicus
(Cabanis, 1850)

The Javan myna (Acridotheres javanicus), also known as the white-vented myna and the buffalo myna, is a myna, a member of the Starling family. It is primarily found in Java.

It is conspecific, and thought to be in competition with the common myna (A. tristis) in some of its range (for example, Malaysia and Singapore).


The Javan myna is predominantly black, with a white vent, a white wing patch, white on the underside of the tail, and has a thick yellow eye ring for grown adults, legs and beak. It sometimes has grey (white) flecking on its belly. It can raise the feathers on its forehead into a dramatic crest.


It is usually found in southeast Asia.

There is some confusion over naming between A. grandis and A. javanicus, which was until recently considered a subspecies of the pale-bellied myna, A. cinereus. It lays 2-6 eggs. Javan myna can live 8 to 20 years. It eats ants, worms, fruits, human feeds, insects and grains.