Acridotheres tristis

Common Myna at Chisholm, ACT

Acridotheres tristis at Chisholm, ACT - 26 Apr 2019
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Acridotheres tristis 4 May 2019 MichaelBedingfield

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Near Chisholm Shops

4 comments

   5 May 2019
Could you give your best estimate, while 16-100 works for plants, it is not a helpful range for birds.
   5 May 2019
I've changed it to 30. I noticed them again on last Friday night near the supermarket. They seem to be using the trees near the shops for roosting.
   5 May 2019
Thanks Michael. I've noticed that too. Would be difficult to count how many are there roosting with all the leaves unless you watch them flying in, but one roost in the Woden Town Centre last year had 150 birds in a single tree.
   6 May 2019
My guess of 30 was conservative - there could have been more - but it was certainly a strong flock.

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  • Acridotheres tristis Scientific name
  • Common Myna Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Exotic
  • Major weed or pest
  • Up to 788.2m Recorded at altitude
  • 77 images trained Machine learning
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  • Synonyms

    Acridotheres tristis Sturnus tristis Sturnus (Sturnus) tristis
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