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Common myna populations in Australia are now concentrated along the eastern coast around Sydney and its surrounding suburbs, [48] with sparser populations in Victoria and a few isolated communities in Queensland. [49] During 2009 several municipal councils in New South Wales began trials of catching myna birds in an effort to reduce numbers. [50]
Several species have been introduced to areas like North America, Australia, South Africa, Fiji and New Zealand, especially the common myna, which is often regarded as an invasive species. It is often known as "Selarang" and "Teck Meng" in Malay and Chinese respectively in Singapore, due to their high population there.
The starling species familiar to most people in Europe and North America is the common starling, and throughout much of Asia and the Pacific, the common myna is indeed common. Starlings have strong feet, their flight is strong and direct, and they are very gregarious. Their preferred habitat is fairly open country, and they eat insects and fruit.
This species is widely distributed and locally common, and if adult stocks are safeguarded, it is able to multiply quickly. On a worldwide scale, the IUCN thus considers the common hill myna a Species of Least Concern. But in the 1990s, nearly 20,000 wild-caught birds, mostly adults and juveniles, were brought into trade each year.
Their flight is strong and direct and they are very gregarious. Their preferred habitat is fairly open country. They eat insects and fruit. Plumage is typically dark with a metallic sheen. Mauritius starling, Cryptopsar ischyrhynchus (X) Rodrigues starling, Necropsar rodericanus (X) Common myna, Acridotheres tristis (I)
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