Common Myna at Watson, ACT
Identification history
| Acridotheres tristis | 23 May 2023 | MatthewFrawley | ||
| Acridotheres tristis | 23 May 2023 | waltraud |
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User's notes
I can't make good bird photos with my mobile; the common myna birds have increased in numbers over the past 7 years or so - not observed 12 years ago when I undertook the first monitoring visits to the reserve east of what is now The Fair. there are now also regularly observed Noisy Miners and starlings which haven't been noticed 12 years ago. on the other hand the frequency and diversity of little woodland birds crashed....
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MatthewFrawley
wrote:
23 May 2023
A direct result of human development further fragmenting the landscape and putting more pressure on the already small pocket of remnant woodland here.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.168883-35.226100
- Altitude 618.4m
- Places Watson, ACT
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 17 Mar 2023 06:39 PM Recorded on
- waltraud Recorded by
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Collections
Birds Other Birds Intermediate size waltraud
Species information
- 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
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Acridotheres tristis Sturnus tristis Sturnus (Sturnus) tristis
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