Mino (bird)
Appearance
Mino | |
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Yellow-faced myna (Mino dumontii) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Passeriformes |
Family: | Sturnidae |
Genus: | Mino Lesson, 1827 |
Type species | |
Mino dumontii[1] Lesson, 1827
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Species | |
M. dumontii |
Mino is a genus of mynas, birds in the starling family. These are the largest of the starlings and are found in tropical moist lowland forests in New Guinea and eastern neighboring islands.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit]The members of the genus are:[2]
Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
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Mino anais | Golden myna | New Guinea | |
Mino dumontii | Yellow-faced myna | New Guinea | |
Mino kreffti | Long-tailed myna | Bismarck Archipelago and northern Solomon Islands |
The long-tailed myna was formerly considered a subspecies of the yellow-faced myna.
References
[edit]- ^ "Sturnidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
- ^ a b Feare, Chris; Craig, Adrian (1999). Starlings and Mynas. Princeton University Press. ISBN 0-7136-3961-X.