Crested Myna
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| Acridotheres cristatellus (Linnaeus, 1766) |
The Crested Myna (Acridotheres cristatellus) is a kind of bird native to southeastern China and Indochina.
Around 1890, the Crested Myna was introduced into the Vancouver region of British Columbia. It was initially successful, reaching a population in the thousands, without spreading far from the Lower Mainland. By the mid-twentieth century, numbers began declining, and the bird is now extremely rare in North America.
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- BirdLife International (2004). Acridotheres cristatellus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
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