© Noyel Mahendra
© Enric Fontcuberta Trepat
© Mallika Rajasekaran
© Charley Hesse TROPICAL BIRDING
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© Jacob Poul Skoubo
© Christoph Moning

Sri Lanka Myna Gracula ptilogenys

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Identification

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Rotund, medium-sized black starling with yellow wattles on the nape, a stout, bicolored bill, and white flashes in the wing. Typically in small groups in the canopy of hill forest, and nearby gardens and woods. Note dark-based, bicolored bill, and only two wattles restricted to the nape, unlike similar Southern Hill Myna. Calls include a strident, downslurred “chewp”, given once or repeatedly, shorter in length than Southern Hill Myna. Also gives various rasping notes.

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