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Common or Tenggara Hill Myna [excl. enganensis, robusta]

Gracula [religiosa or venerata, excl. enganensis, robusta] (= Gracula religiosa religiosa) Linnaeus, C 1758

The common hill myna, sometimes spelled "mynah" and formerly simply known as the hill myna or myna bird, is the myna most commonly seen in aviculture, where it is often simply referred to by the latter two names. It is a member of the starling family (Sturnidae), resident in hill regions of South Asia and Southeast Asia. The Sri Lanka hill myna, a former subspecies of G. religiosa, is now generally accepted as a separate species G. ptilogenys. The Enggano hill myna and Nias hill myna are also widely accepted as specifically distinct, and many authors favor treating the southern hill myna from the Nilgiris and elsewhere in the Western Ghats of India as a separate species. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Passeriformes
Family:
  Sturnidae
Genus:
   Gracula
Scientific:
  Gracula religiosa religiosa


Original description

Citation:
  Linnaeus, C 1758

Reference:
   Systema Naturae ed. 10 1 p.108

Protonym:
  Gracula religiosa

Type locality:
  Asia [= Java].

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/126/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  5CF6F8EBAB1D0743

Avibase ID:
  avibase-5CF6F8EB

Short link:
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Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 179652

Geographic range:

  • Gracula religiosa religiosa: Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Bangka Island, Java, Bali, and Borneo
  • Gracula religiosa miotera: Simeulue (off the western coast of Sumatra); probably extinct in the wild
  • Gracula religiosa batuensis: Batu and Mentawai islands (off northwestern Sumatra)
  • Gracula religiosa palawanensis: Palawan (southwestern Philippines)
  • Gracula religiosa intermedia: northern India to Myanmar, Thailand, Indochina, and southern China
  • Gracula religiosa peninsularis: northeastern peninsular India
  • Gracula religiosa andamanensis: Andaman and Nicobar islands
  • Gracula venerata: western Lesser Sundas (Sumbawa, Flores, Lomblen, Pantar, and Alor)
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English:
Common or Tenggara Hill Myna [excl. enganensis, robusta]
French:
Mainate religieux ou M. de Sumbawa [excl. enganensis, robusta]


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Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Common or Tenggara Hill Myna [excl. enganensis, robusta] ( Gracula [religiosa or venerata, excl. enganensis, robusta])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
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Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Gracula [religiosa, venerata or indica]

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Azerbaijani: müqəddəs mayna
Bengali: পাতি ময়না
Catalan: Minà indi, Minà religiós
Cebuano: kiyaw
Czech: loskuták posvátný
Danish: Beo
German: Beo, Bergbeo
English: Common Hill Myna, Common Hill-Myna, Common or Tenggara Hill Myna [excl. enganensis, robusta], Eastern Hill-myna, Grackle, Hill Myna, Indian grackle, Southern grackle
English, HBW: Common/Tenggara Hill Myna (not enganensis)
English (IOC): Common Hill Myna
English (United States): Common Hill Myna
Esperanto: Komuna montominao
Spanish: Mainá del Himalaya, Miná Religioso
Spanish (Spain): Miná Religioso
Spanish (HBW): Common Hill Myna
Spanish (Puerto Rico): Maina de Colinas
Estonian: suurmaina
Finnish: Pyhämaina
French: Mainate religieux, Mainate religieux ou M. de Sumbawa [excl. enganensis, robusta]
Croatian: bradušasti čvorak
Hungarian: beó
Indonesian: Beo, Burung Tiong Emas, Tiong Emas
Icelandic: Prestastari
Italian: Gracula religiosa, Gracula religiosa comune
Japanese (romaji): kyūkan-chō, kyuukanchou
Japanese: キュウカンチョウ
Japanese (Kanji): 九官鳥
Mongolian, Halh: тотимсог
Kazakh: қасиетті майна
Kirghiz: ыйык майна
Scientific: Gracula [religiosa or venerata, excl. enganensis, robusta], Gracula religiosa, Gracula religiosa religiosa
Lithuanian: Javinė šventoji maina
Latvian: pakalnu maina
Malayalam: കാട്ടുമൈന  
Mongolian: тотимсог, цэцэн тоть
Mamasa: katuti
Malay: Burung Tiong Besar, Burung Tiong Emas, Burung Tiong Mas, Tiong Emas, Tiong Mas
Maltese: mina ta' l-għoljiet
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): цэцэн тоть
Nepali: मदनसारिका मैना
Dutch: Grote Beo
Norwegian Nynorsk: Beostare
Norwegian: Beostær, Vanlig beostær
Polish: gwarek czczony
Pinyin: liáo-gē
Portuguese: Mainá-de-java
Portuguese (Portugal): mainá-religioso
Russian: Священная майна
Slovak: beo posvätný
Slovenian: Hribovske majne
Serbian: Obična brdska majna, Obična brdska mina
Swedish: Beostare
Tamil: மலை மைனா
Thai: นกขุนทอง
Thai (Transliteration): nók kʰŭn-tʰoaaŋ
Turkish: Küpeli çiğdeci, Mino
Ukrainian: Бео священний
Vietnamese: Chim Nhồng, Chim Sáo đá, Chim Yểng, Yểng, Nhồng
Chinese: 鷯哥, 鹩哥
Chinese (Traditional): 九官鳥, 鷯哥, 鷯哥〔九官鳥〕

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