Common Myna Breeding

["martin butterfield" <>]

G'day Bruce

 

I have trawled the breeding records in the GBS database and found 188 breeding records (defining breeding widely) for the common mynah.  The attached chart shows that the current period (at the far RHS of the chart) is very quiet for such activities.  Most of the records outside the period September to March (incl) are IH (inspecting hollow) and there is not a single CO record in the database for this species.  Clearly they appreciate their privacy!

 

Martin
 

On 6/22/07, Esme Barker & Bruce Ramsay <> wrote:

Harvey.

Thanks for this and for the references.

 

I did look up the Annual Bird Report in the recent CBN and saw that breeding behaviour had been earliest recorded in August and latest in March for the 2005/06 year. I wasn't sure though whether or not this might have been because the species has a delimited breeding period here or whether they might have been just the first and last instances that had been recorded for what is regarded as a "common" and "pest" species which nested all (or nearly all) year. My other references (Pizzey & Doyle and Readers Digest Complete Book of Australian Birds) both give roughly October - March as the breeding period, but again I wasnt sure whether this was a current reflection of what occurs in Canberra.

 

I'll keep an eye on them and try to locate any nest site (if they indeed are attempting to go to nest rather than just engaging in winter sports!) and then to determine if young eventuate.

 

Bruce