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Asian Pied Myna
Gracupica contra
14.4862, 100.637
Field Notes
Description:
Strikingly handsome bird. Black, white and orange colours give it a distinctive appearance.Very vocal with large repertoire of sounds. This one has a streaky, but largely white, crown.
Habitat:
Fruiting tree in car park near Grand Palace in Bangkok. Urban habitat. Lots of cars and plenty of hawkers and tourists; the bird ignored all that.It was bust feeding...please any ID on the tree?
Notes:
I see this species regularly in Kolkata, India. However, mine have a black crown. The one I have seen in Thailand has a more whitish crown (first photo); it may be a different subspecies.Wikipedia says that the subspecies vary slightly in plumage, extent of streaking of the feathers and in measurements. According to the figure shown I think this is Gracupica contra jalla
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