Species of Thailand
Vinous-breasted myna
Acridotheres leucocephalus, Thomas Caverhill Jerdon, 1862
(In Thai: นกกิ้งโครงหัวสีนวล)
The vinous-breasted starling (Acridotheres burmannicus) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is sometimes placed in the genus Sturnus.
Distribution and habitat
It is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Malaysia, Burma, Thailand, and Vietnam. In the early 2000s it has become an invasive species in Israel, alongside the common myna that invaded a few years earlier. Both populations seem to have started from individuals that escaped from a bird park in Tel Aviv.
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Category / Seasonal Status
BCST Category: Recorded in an apparently wild state within the last 50 years
BCST Seasonal status: Resident or presumed resident
Scientific classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Aves
- Order
- Passeriformes
- Family
- Sturnidae
- Genus
- Acridotheres
- Species
- Acridotheres leucocephalus
Common names
- Thai: นกกิ้งโครงหัวสีนวล
Synonyms
- Poliopsar cambodianus
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN3.1)
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Range Map
- Ban Lat District, Phetchaburi
- Bang Lamung District, Chonburi
- Bang Phra Non-Hunting Area
- Bang Pu Recreation Centre
- Bang Saphan Noi District, Prachuap Khiri Khan
- Bangkok Province
- Bueng Boraped Non-Hunting Area
- Chaiya District, Surat Thani
- Chaloem Phrakiat Thai Prachan National Park
- Hat Wanakon National Park
- Kabin Buri District, Prachinburi
- Kaeng Khoi District, Saraburi
- Kaeng Krachan District, Phetchaburi
- Kaeng Krachan National Park
- Kamphaeng Saen District, Nakhon Pathom
- Khao Ang Rue Nai Wildlife Sanctuary
- Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park
- Khao Soi Dao Wildlife Sanctuary
- Khao Sok National Park
- Khao Yai National Park
- Ko Sichang District, Chonburi
- Kui Buri National Park
- Mueang Chumphon District, Chumphon
- Mueang Kanchanaburi District, Kanchanaburi
- Mueang Nakhon Nayok District, Nakhon Nayok
- Mueang Phetchaburi District, Phetchaburi
- Mueang Ratchaburi District, Ratchaburi
- Mueang Suphanburi District, Suphan Buri
- Mueang Tak District, Tak
- Nong Ya Plong District, Phetchaburi
- Nong Yai Area Development Project Under Royal Init
- Pak Phli District, Nakhon Nayok
- Pak Thale
- Pang Sila Thong District, Kamphaeng Phet
- Pathio District, Chumphon
- Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya District, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya
- Phunphin District, Surat Thani
- Phutthamonthon District, Nakhon Pathom
- Ratchasan District, Chachoengsao
- Samut Prakan Province
- Sawi District, Chumphon
- Takua Pa District, Phang Nga
- Tha Takiap District, Chachoengsao
- Tha Yang District, Phetchaburi
- Thanyaburi District, Pathum Thani
- Thao Kosa Forest Park
- Thap Lan National Park