Common Myna
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What a great surprise to spot a pair of birds that I recognized their ID from blogging friends’ posts in other countries.
Welcome to my bird lifer list #220, the Common Myna! Native to southern Asia where it is among the most common species, the Common Myna has been widely introduced elsewhere in the world, including Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, and Florida.
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Common Myna
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Common Myna
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Common Myna
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Between these two birds, they gave perfect ops for profiles and flight. It can’t get any better than that with a new lifer! 😊
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The bird in flight is a very good shot.
I got really, really lucky, I still don’t know how I got it.
MMM not a bird we like to see Donna. They tried culling them in the nations capitol, but they breed like flies and drive out the good native birds. We call them Indian Mynas here to distinguish them from our native also aggressive Noisy Miner.which thankfully drive the Commons out of our neighborhood. This was also the most common bird I also saw in Israel.
I liked seeing it as a new lifer, but I did remember they were aggressive. If I remember correctly, this is a starling and your Noisy Miner is a honeyeater?
What a cool sighting! Congratulation on the lifer, Donna!! ✨🎈🎉
Thank you, Deborah!! 💃
Wow Donna, what fantastic shots. I especially like the bird in flight. Fantastic. Congratulations of a great spot and great shots.
Thank you, Susan! I felt really lucky with this sighting AND that flight shot, I was so glad I was quick with the camera before they took off!
Congratulations to the Lifer # 220! I never knew that you could find them in Florida! Good looking bird. Great shots too. 🙂 ♥️
Thank you, HJ! I didn’t either until I saw it!! 😊
Great captures! Congrats on another lifer, Donna. I had no idea that Myna birds were in FL.
Thank you, Eliza! I didn’t know either! I still learn as I go with birds, always will! 🙂
Talk about yellow! Congratulations on the lifer! I gather that, though they are found in Florida, they are not too “common” there.
Thank you, Jane! I don’t think they are common just yet. Geez, if they are, I have never seen one! That prominent yellow was an instant eye-catcher for me!
Happy 220!
Thank you, Carol!
I think they were there just to meet you!
Oh, I just love that thought!! 🙂
Super awesome photos! 🤎
Thank you, Lisa!
Great shots, Donna. I’ve seen these many times in Israel – they’re very common in parks everywhere. But I’ve never seen one in Florida.
Thank you, I was hoping you’d see this and comment whether you’d seen any of these birds. A bit tropical looking, so pretty cool, albeit an aggressive bird. 🙂
Great pics Donna, especially the one in flight. The common myna is quite a striking looking bird, it looks like it means business! It has an interesting song too. Unfortunately they are an invasive pest here in Australia, although they are rarely seen here in Tasmania where I live.
Thank you, Sue! I read they were an invasive species, so I’m guessing they may become so in Florida in the future years, and possibly move north into other states the U.S.
Congratulations on spotting a handsome common myna! I wonder, though, since they’re in the same bird family as starlings, if they will become as much of as a problem here to native birds in their new home…
Thank you, Barbara! I know this species is invasive and since introduced to Florida, they will probably multiply and eventually become a pest here too. They are handsome, though!!
Yes…common myna is too common in our place, Donna! We have another variety also…the Jungle myna 🙂
It is really neat to hear a bird is too common in one country, and not in another. I just looked at your Jungle Myna, very similar! One day, Florida may be saying the CMyna has become a pest problem. Still, I loved seeing it and adding a lifer! 😉
Beautiful birds!
Thank you, Kathy!
Nice Donna! It is a “nifty” looking bird! I never even heard of it!
Thank you, Reed! I had seen it shared on other country bird blogs, so it was real exciting when I spotted it, had no idea it was here in Florida all along. 🙂
Yes, common to see these in the north of the North Island where I grew up in NZ. They’re not down here in the south of the South Island where I am nowadays.
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Congratulations! Pretty bird with stylish eye shadow, lipstick & leggings.
Thank you, Vic! The tropical flair! 🙂
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These are lovely. The BiF is spectacular !
Thank you, Belinda, I just super-lucked out with that flight shot! 🙂
How cool … congratulations! The serious expression makes me think it is a bird on a mission! 🙂
Thank you, Denise! Seriousness with a tropical flair! 🙂
I love their yellow marking. They look like they are about the same size as a crow. The flight photo makes them look pretty big.
Thank you! They are about the size of a grackle or crow. They are actually part of the Starling family, but bit larger than the European Starling. I should have mentioned that in my post. 🙂