Indian Pied Myna

Gracupica contra - Étourneau pie

Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Passeriformes

  • Family
    :

    Sturnidés

  • Genus
    :

    Gracupica

  • Species
    :

    contra

Descriptor

Linnaeus, 1758

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 22 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : 72 à 82 g
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Étourneau pie
adult
Étourneau pie
adult

Indian Pied Myna (Gracupica contra) is a species of bird in the Sturnidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Gracupica contra contra (e Pakistan, n and c India, s Nepal and Bangladesh)
  • Gracupica contra superciliaris (Manipur. ne India. , n, c and se Myanmar and sw China)

Foreign names

  • Étourneau pie,
  • Estornino pío común,
  • estorninho-alvinegro-indiano,
  • Elsterstar,
  • szarkaseregély,
  • Indiase Eksterspreeuw,
  • Storno bianconero asiatico,
  • svartvit stare,
  • Svartstrupestær,
  • škorec strakatý,
  • špaček indomalajský,
  • Skadestær,
  • kyläkottarainen,
  • estornell contra,
  • szpak srokaty,
  • Пегий скворец,
  • Jalak suren,
  • ホオジロムクドリ,
  • 斑椋鸟,
  • นกเอี้ยงด่าง,
  • 斑椋鳥,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Savanna : Dry ; Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Pastureland ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Wastewater Treatment Areas

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Sources of information

Other sources of interest

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published: - Updated: 08-08-2010
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