Kim Lim wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> My post regarding bald Common Mynas resulted in quite a few replies. Here's
> a summary so far:
>
> In its home range in the Indian sub-continent bald birds have often been
> seen, and interestingly also bald House Crow (Corvus splendens). The theory
> there is that it is due to pollution.
>
> In Australia, I had a response from Cairns in the north-east where one
> individual was seen for about a year, did not seem to be disadvantaged in
> any way and then was not seen again.
>
> Bald mynas have also been reported in South Africa where they have been
> introduced(?). It would be interesting to know the extent of occurrence of
> baldness in the many other countries with introduced Common Myna
> population, just so that an idea of the cause of this could be elicited.
> Anyway, I fully agree with one reply that it is the ugliest bird that she
> has ever seen!
>
> Cheers!
>
> Kim
>
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Hi Kim,
Could your bald-headed mynahs be suffering from the effects of feather mites,
or even
malnutrition caused by eating food scraps instead of consuming a natural diet?
Dr Stephen Ambrose
RAOU Research and Conservation Manager
(at home)
S.Ambrose <> (at work)
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