Great Myna Acridotheres grandis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (30)
- Monotypic
Adrian J. F. Craig and C. J. Feare
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 2009
Text last updated January 1, 2009
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bangla (India) | বড় ঝুঁটি শালিক |
| Bulgarian | Голяма майна |
| Catalan | mainà gros |
| Chinese | 大八哥(叢八哥) |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 林八哥 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 林八哥 |
| Croatian | indokineski čvorak |
| Dutch | Grote maina |
| English | Great Myna |
| English (United States) | Great Myna |
| Estonian | pühvli-mainakuldnokk |
| French | Grand Martin |
| French (Canada) | Grand Martin |
| German | Riesenmaina |
| Indonesian | Kerak besar |
| Japanese | オオハッカ |
| Nepali (India) | ठुलो रुपी |
| Nepali (Nepal) | जुरे रुपी |
| Norwegian | engstær |
| Polish | majna żałobna |
| Russian | Чубатая майна |
| Serbian | Velika mina |
| Slovak | škorec smútočný |
| Spanish | Miná Grande |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Miná Grande |
| Spanish (Spain) | Miná grande |
| Swedish | tofsmajna |
| Thai | นกเอี้ยงหงอน |
| Turkish | Büyük Çiğdeci |
| Ukrainian | Майна велика |
Acridotheres grandis Moore, 1858
PROTONYM:
Acridotheres grandis
Moore, 1858. A catalogue of the birds in The Museum of the Hononrable East-India Company 2, p.537.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Sumatra (error). Restricted, in error, to Tenasserim by Baker (1921, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 27, p. 702); and to Bangkok, Thailand, by Deignan (1945, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., 186, p. 526).
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- ACRIDOTHERES
- grandis
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Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
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TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Great Myna
