{"id":51034,"date":"2017-08-17T00:01:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-16T16:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/?p=51034"},"modified":"2023-06-24T17:08:44","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T09:08:44","slug":"hybrid-jungle-myna-acridotheres-fuscus-torquatus-1-remarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/2017\/08\/17\/hybrid-jungle-myna-acridotheres-fuscus-torquatus-1-remarks\/","title":{"rendered":"Hybrid Jungle Myna Acridotheres fuscus torquatus<\/em> – 1. Remarks"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Typical<\/a>
Typical Jungle Myna<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cDue to the presence of the juvenile Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus<\/em>), there has been an influx of mynas in my neighbourhood; at times in excess of 15 birds. The majority are Common Mynas (Acridotheres tristis<\/em>) but a number of Jungle Mynas (Acridotheres fuscus<\/em>) also turn up when the Koel calls.<\/p>\n

\"Possible<\/a>
Possible Hybrid Jungle Myna<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI saw this Jungle Myna with odd plumage suggesting a hybrid bird:<\/p>\n

1. The blue at the base of the bill, which is unique to the Jungle Mynas, supports the identification (see images: above and below) but the plumage is pale compared to the usual Jungle Mynas (top).<\/p>\n

\"Possible<\/a>
Possible Hybrid Jungle Myna<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

2. I considered a juvenile bird but the yellow iris supports an adult (juveniles light blue or blue-white); although it could still be an immature.<\/p>\n

\"Possible<\/a>
Possible Hybrid Jungle Myna<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

3. I considered some element of leucism (leucistic bird) but the plumage seems well defined and it looks almost like a Pale-bellied Myna (Acridotheres cinereus) which is not found in the region.<\/p>\n

\"MynaJ-hybrid<\/a><\/p>\n

4. Javan Myna (Acridotheres javanicus<\/em>) hybrids with Jungle Mynas are recognised (Wells 2007) but the predominant Myna we have in the area is the Common Myna; Javan Mynas are still rare. So it is a possibly hybrid of a Jungle Myna with a Common Myna.<\/p>\n

5. The other Jungle Myna who was present did not socially accept this bird and it was displaced from feeding on a papaya.<\/p>\n

\u201cAppreciate any opinions. More images possible on request.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dato\u2019 Dr Amar-Singh HSS<\/a><\/strong>
\nIpoh, Perak, Malaysia
\n26th July 2017<\/p>\n

Location: Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia
\nHabitat: Urban environment<\/p>\n

Postscript<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cDue to the presence of the juvenile Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus), there has been an influx of mynas in my neighbourhood; at times in excess of 15 birds. The majority are Common Mynas (Acridotheres tristis) but a number of Jungle Mynas (Acridotheres fuscus) also turn up when the Koel calls. \u201cI saw this Jungle Myna […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":51035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[790,216,229],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51034"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/besgroup.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}