Burmese myna

Vinous-breasted starling
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Passeriformes
Family:	Sturnidae
Genus:	Acridotheres
Species:	A. burmannicus
Binomial name
	Acridotheres burmannicus; (Jerdon, 1862)
Synonyms
	Poliopsar cambodianus; Sturnus burmannicus;

The vinous-breasted starling (Acridotheres burmannicus) is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. It is sometimes placed in the myna genus Sturnus.

Subspecies *S. b. burmannicus* (above), and *S. b. leucocephalus* (below); illustration by Joseph Smit, 1890

Distribution and habitat

It is found in Cambodia, China, Laos, Malaysia, Burma, Thailand, and Vietnam. In the early 2000s it has become an invasive species in Israel, alongside the common myna that invaded a few years earlier. Both populations seem to have started from individuals that escaped a bird park in Tel-Aviv.

References

BirdLife International 2004. Sturnus burmannicus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.

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