Black-winged Myna Acridotheres melanopterus Scientific name definitions
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Catalan | mainà alanegre |
Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 黑翅椋鳥 |
Croatian | bjeloleđi čvorak |
Dutch | Zwartvleugelmaina |
English | Black-winged Myna |
English (Hong Kong SAR China) | Black-winged Starling |
English (United States) | Black-winged Myna |
French | Martin à ailes noires |
French (Canada) | Martin à ailes noires |
German | Schwarzflügelmaina |
Indonesian | Jalak putih |
Japanese | ソデグロムクドリ |
Norwegian | svartvingestær |
Polish | majna czarnoskrzydła |
Russian | Чернокрылая майна |
Serbian | Crnokrila mina |
Slovak | škorec čiernokrídly |
Spanish | Miná Alinegro |
Spanish (Spain) | Miná alinegro |
Swedish | svartvingemajna |
Turkish | Ak Çiğdeci |
Ukrainian | Майна чорнокрила |
Revision Notes
Martin D. Williams revised the Conservation and Management page. Shawn M. Billerman updated the Systematics page. Nicholas D. Sly updated the distribution map.
Acridotheres melanopterus (Daudin, 1800)
Definitions
- ACRIDOTHERES
- melanopterus
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Introduction
Until recently, this attractively and boldly marked starling, whose native range is basically confined to Java and Bali, was generally believed to be reasonably common. However, a rapid and sustained decline throughout the species’ range since around the middle of the last century has brought the Black-winged Myna to the brink of extinction, largely the result of uncontrolled trapping for the cagebird trade, a problem which now tragically afflicts a great many Indonesian songbirds. Three different subspecies are recognized (and sometimes treated as species), and all are perilously close to extinction, especially the nominate subspecies, while the majority of both of the other subspecies are now largely restricted to a small number of national parks. Away from the Greater Sundas, an introduced population survives in Singapore, and has served as the subject of a couple of studies of the species. More intriguingly, there are also specimens from the late 1890s (including a juvenile, suggesting local breeding) and a sight record in the early 1990s on the island of Lombok, in the Lesser Sundas, where the Black-winged Myna’s status remains unresolved.
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- Breeding
- Non-Breeding