Common Myna Gallery

Common myna Acridotheres tristis

Common myna (or Indian Myna Acridotheres tristis). This bird is native to southern Asia from Afghanistan to Sri Lanka. The Myna has been introduced in many other parts of the world and its distribution range is on the increase to an extent that in 2000 the Species Survival Commission (IUCN) declared it among the Worlds 100 worst invasive species. and one of only three birds in this list. It is a serious threat to the ecosystems where introduced. Photographed in Israel in December

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Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): First night: Khujasta kills the pet myna

Page from Tales of a Parrot (Tuti-nama): First night: Khujasta kills the pet myna who advises her not to be unfaithful to Maymun, her husband, c. 1560. This first painting from Akbar's Tuti-nama depicts a scene from the book's frame story. Using a narrative device common in pre-Mughal India, the painting shows three different moments of time: Maymun sailing away on a merchant ship; his wife, Khujasta, on the roof of her house gesturing to, as the story tells us, a prince on the street below, with whom she falls in love; and Khujasta in the courtyard of her home having dashed the pet myna bird to the floor in anger. An exceptionally important manuscript, the Tuti-nama was painted by Indian artists, many of whom were learning to work in a Persian book format for the first time. Stylistic features of pre-Mughal Indian painting appear throughout the manuscript, such as the flat red floor and the white-on- black horizontal parapet

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Common Myna - this curious bird boldly steals visitors food (including bread and pure butter) from tables

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Common Myna - this curious bird boldly steals visitors food (including bread and pure butter) from tables
Terrace of a "Bagus Place Retreat", a small resort on Tioman Island, 30 km east off peninsula Malaysia in South China Sea; June.
Acridotheres tristis
Andrey Zvoznikov
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