Guide to North American Birds
Family Starlings and Mynas
Native to southern Asia, the Crested Myna was introduced at Vancouver, British Columbia, in the 1890s. It prospered for many years, with the population building up into the thousands, but it never spread far beyond the Vancouver area. Numbers began declining by the middle of the 20th century, and the Vancouver population seems to have disappeared.

Photo Gallery

Illustration © David Allen Sibley.
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Text © Kenn Kaufman, adapted from
Lives of North American Birds

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Songs and Calls

Song a variety of rich or harsh phrases with much repetition. An excellent mimic.
Audio © Lang Elliott, Bob McGuire, Kevin Colver, Martyn Stewart and others.
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