#1466 · 🐦 birds

Javan Myna

🇳🇱 Javaanse Maina ·Acridotheres javanicus

VUvulnerable 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Tamsin Carlisle · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
2. © budak · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © brian fisher · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. Bukit Merah, Singapore:© Muhd Nasry · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Block 2, Al Jahra, Kuwait:© Jan Ebr & Ivana Ebrová · CC BY 4.0
6. Yuan Ching Rd, Jurong Lake Gardens, Singapore:© Jade Neo GC · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Taipei, New Taipei City, Taiwan:© Tim · CC BY 4.0
8. 臺灣島, 板橋區, 新北市, TW:© anniesheu · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Pasir Ris Park, Singapore:© Tan Kok Hui · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Diary farm nature park:© Cherry Goh · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Javan myna ( Acridotheres javanicus ), also known as the white-vented myna , is a species of myna. It is a member of the starling family.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 17,534iNaturalist observations
weight 100 gadult, up to
threat VUvulnerable

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
17,534 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 100 g.
Scientifically named by Jean Cabanis in 1850 (176 years ago).
Listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.