birding-aus

habitat of Indian Mynah

To:
Subject: habitat of Indian Mynah
From: John Leonard <>
Date: Mon, 17 Apr 2000 08:42:19 +1000
>From an all too brief visit to West Malaysia a couple of years ago I
observed that Indian Mynahs there were exclusively urban birds. They seemed
to be found only in the big towns and not even in the little villages
(kampong). Mynahs in what remains of natural habitat are Jungle Mynahs.

Which leads one to ask, what is the natural habitat of Indian Mynahs where
they came from (India?).

I would hazrd a guess at dry, lightly wooded country with rocks or cliffs
(to nest in), rather than dense jungle, or any other habitat. Which is a
worry because it suggests that a good deal of rural eastern Australia might
be suitable habitat for them, when they learn to live away from towns, as
European Starlings have... :-(


John Leonard





^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
John Leonard (Dr),
PO Box 243,
Woden, ACT 2606,
Australia


http://www.spirit.net.au/~jleonard
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


To unsubscribe from this list, please send a message to

Include ONLY "unsubscribe birding-aus"
in the message body (without the quotes)

<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Admin

The University of NSW School of Computer and Engineering takes no responsibility for the contents of this archive. It is purely a compilation of material sent by many people to the birding-aus mailing list. It has not been checked for accuracy nor its content verified in any way. If you wish to get material removed from the archive or have other queries about the archive e-mail Andrew Taylor at this address: andrewt@cse.unsw.EDU.AU