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Crested Myna (cristatellus)
Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus (Linnaeus, C 1758)
Classification
Order:Passeriformes
Family:
Sturnidae
Genus:
Acridotheres
Scientific:
Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus
Original description
Citation:
(Linnaeus, C 1758)
Reference:
Systema Naturae ed. 10
1 p.109
Protonym:
Gracula cristatella
Type locality:
China.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277#page/127/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
9B29E09D93607FF9
Avibase ID:
avibase-9B29E09D
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/9B29E09D
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 179643
Geographic range:
- Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus: eastern Myanmar to northern Indochina, southeastern, and central China
Source: Clements checklist
Crested Myna (cristatellus)
French:
Martin huppé (cristatellus)
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (1931): Aethiopsar cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 19th suppl.): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 20th suppl.): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 21st suppl.): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 22nd suppl.): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 23rd suppl.): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 24th suppl.): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 25th suppl.): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 26th suppl.): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 27th suppl.): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 28th suppl.): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 29th suppl.): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 30th suppl.): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 4th edition (incl. 31st suppl.): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (1957): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 32nd suppl.): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| American Ornithologists' Union 5th edition (incl. 33rd suppl.): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Crested Myna (cristatellus) ( Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): Crested Myna (cristatellus) ( Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): Crested Myna (cristatellus) ( Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2025 (Nov 2025): Crested Myna (cristatellus) ( Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Crested Myna (nominate) ( Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Crested Myna (nominate) ( Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Crested Myna (nominate) ( Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Crested Myna (nominate) ( Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Crested Myna (nominate) ( Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Crested Myna (nominate) ( Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Crested Myna (nominate) ( Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus) |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Crested Myna (nominate) ( Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus) |
| Avilist 2025: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v10 (Oct 2025): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2025: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.1: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 15.2: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: nominal subspecies
This taxon is a subspecies of
Acridotheres cristatellus
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
German: Haubenmaina
English: Crested Myna, Crested Myna (cristatellus), Crested Myna (nominate)
Spanish: Mainá China
French: Martin huppé, Martin huppé (cristatellus), Martin huppé (nominal), Martin huppé (nominale), Martin huppé (race nominale)
Italian: Maina crestata cinese
Scientific: Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus, Aethiopsar cristatellus cristatellus, Gracula cristatella
Dutch: Kuifmaina
Chinese: 八哥
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