Crested Myna

Order - Passeriformes 雀形目
Family - Sturnidae 椋鸟科 (Starlings)
Genus - Acridotheres 八哥属

Crested Myna

Acridotheres cristatellus

八哥 (冠八哥)

    Size : 25–27.5 cm; 108–140 g

             

    Subspecies and Distribution

• Acridotheres cristatellus cristatellus (Linnaeus, 1766)
  – S & SE China (S from S Shaanxi, E from C Sichuan and W Yunnan). Recorded in
  N & E Myanmar, where status unknown.
• Acridotheres cristatellus brevipennis (E. J. O. Hartert, 1910)
  – Laos and Vietnam (except S), and Hainan (S China).
• Acridotheres cristatellus formosanus (E. J. O. Hartert, 1912)
  – Taiwan.

    Introduced (probably race brevipennis) in Peninsular Malaysia (Penang), Singapore, N
    Philippines (Manila region of Luzon), Borneo, Japan, Canada (Vancouver), Argentina
    (Buenos Aires Province) and Portugal (Lisbon and Setúbal).

Date : 21 March 2014
香港仔隧道, 香港岛, 香港
Aberdeen Tunnel, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong