Common hill myna: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the common hill myna lives – recorded in 15 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Gracula religiosa
Group	Songbirds & perching birds
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	15 countries
Continents	Africa, Asia, North America
Mass	192 g (adult weight)
Class	Bird
Order	Passeriformes
Family	Sturnidae

Where does the common hill myna live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the common hill myna in 15 countries and territories across Africa, Asia and North America. Wikidata gives its range as: Africa. In Chinese Taipei it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is a common hill myna?

Wikidata records the following for the common hill myna: mass 192 g (adult weight).

Is the common hill myna endangered?

The common hill myna’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the common hill myna?

The common hill myna (Gracula religiosa) is a bird in the order Passeriformes and the family Sturnidae, genus Gracula. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the common hill myna

The common hill myna (Gracula religiosa), sometimes spelled "mynah" and formerly simply known as the hill myna or myna bird, is a species of starling found in the hills of South 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 Nias hill myna (G. robusta) are also widely accepted as specifically distinct, and many authors favor treating the southern hill myna (G. indica) from the Nilgiris and elsewhere in the Western Ghats of India as a separate species.

The common hill myna is a popular talking bird. Its specific name religiosa may allude to the practice of teaching mynas to repeat sacred prayers. The common hill myna is one of the most commonly spotted birds in Asian aviculture.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Common hill myna (revision 1352479616), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q337416 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).